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November arrives and with it returns to the usual campaign Lorquí breast cancer prevention directed at local women each year organizes the local Health Department, in collaboration with the Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC ) and the Ministry of Health, Regional Government.

So, the next 12, 13 and 16 November, a mobile unit will be installed next to City Hall ilorcitano for mammograms to 160 women between 50 and 69 years included in this program and have received the relevant summons by mail at home.

Likewise, any woman who takes two years without a mammogram and has not been mentioned before November 11 should contact their health center or clinic.

These tests have a thorough medical examination including the completion of a mammogram, to determine their state of health in order to act in time in case of illness.

Now biannual

Notably, from this year, this campaign will be done on an annual basis (previously carried out every two years) and that the participation rate among women Lorquí the biennium 2007-08 was 81'12% for above the regional average (71'5%).

"The objectives of screening is to reduce mortality from this disease and improve quality of life of women who suffer," says the councilor of the area, Juana María Marín, who hopes to "repeat the high turnout" shown by the neighbors past the town.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorquí