2023-10-12 05:03:04
The number of screenings has been decreasing since 2012.
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The figure is worrying. In 2022, 2.4 million mammograms were performed in France. Less than one in two women aged 50 to 74 have been screened for breast cancer. Yet more than 60,000 new ones are recorded each year.
“The highest participation rate dates back to 2012”, explains Emmanuel Ricard. The spokesperson for the National League Against Cancer puts forward several reasons for this lack of interest: controversies “who sowed trouble”, “around ten percent of professionals who do not talk regarding it or advise once morest it”, a lack of radiologists and remoteness. A distance which can also be an economic obstacle due to the cost of transport, notes Emmanuel Ricard.
PERFORMING TREATMENTS
However, obviously, screening greatly improves the survival rate. Emmanuel Ricard explains that a tumor of 0.5 cm is detectable during a mammogram, only from 2 cm thick during palpation. If caught early enough, breast cancer is cured in 9 out of 10 cases.
Since 1994 and the first operation Pink October, the five-year life expectancy of patients has increased. “ The five-year survival rate was 87% in the 2000s, it is higher today with the development of immunotherapy, hormonal therapy. says the spokesperson for the National League Against Cancer.
As a reminder, Screening is recommended every two years for women aged 50 to 74.
Many events are planned throughout the month of October to raise funds. All the information can be found on the website of the League once morest cancer.
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