It is going to quote from 3 to 27 October 1780 Yecla women aged between 50 and 69 years for conducting preventive examinations in the mobile unit at the bus station.
The Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Ministry of Health of the City of Yecla, the Spanish Association Against Cancer, the Association of Patients with Cancer Yecla ayac, and health centers in our city, implement the prevention program breast cancer.
The campaign is aimed at women living in Yecla aged between 50 and 69 years old.
The main objectives are to reduce mortality and increase the quality of life of those who suffer, to get this screening mammograms once every two years.
The periodic conduct of these tests ensures a high success rate of treatment among cases detected, in addition to an adequate examination.
In the last preventive review, only 3.6% of the women studied had to submit an additional study.
They are sending letters of citation to a total of 1780 women living in Yecla.
Those women aged between 50 and 69 who do not receive such a letter and that have not been made mammogram in the past 2 years should contact your health center to make an appointment.
This prevention campaign Breast cancer is 21 years been carrying out since 1995. Arriving at a rate of participation in our municipality 83.24% while the regional participation rate is 70.1%.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Yecla