According to the Anticancer Society of Venezuela (SAV), it is estimated that in 2023, 8,691 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. Furthermore, in that same year, mortality associated with this disease reached 3,515 women. This is the month, supportive doctors adjust the amounts in screening exams so that there is greater access.
The figures indicate that in 2021, 5,293 cases were registered and 1,945 deaths occurred from cervical cancer. The most affected ages are between 35 to 44 years, with 1,470 cases, (356 deaths) and from 45 to 54 years with 1,438 cases (472 deaths), from 55 to 64 years with 889 cases (399 deaths).
This has generated greater awareness among a group of doctors working in the private health sector, who have decided to carry out women’s cancer screening sessions at affordable prices, in order to offer a comprehensive and preventive evaluation.
Solidarity doctors create comprehensive packages
They continue to affirm that an early diagnosis increases the chances of survival from these diseases, which affect women at various stages of their lives.
In this sense, they have established special comprehensive packages that include: gynecological consultation, pelvic ultrasound, cytology, breast examination, HPV screening and colposcopy, with the aim of detecting any risk.
They are also offering high-tech breast ultrasounds in the imaging area of the San José Policlínica, located in Puerto La Cruz, at affordable prices.
The sessions will take place from October 14 to 19 as part of the integration plan of the San José Policlínica, with the aim of bringing health services closer to the community. This effort seeks to democratize access to health in an efficient and preventive way, since early diagnosis can save lives.
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