The lower house wants the government to promote the measure to improve early detection of breast cancer in women over the age of 35.
The Chamber of Deputies and Deputies approved the draft resolution in which The government is being asked to expand coverage of the Explicit Health Guarantees (GES) program.So that the women over the age of 35 can have one mammogram per year free of charge.
The resolution, supported by deputies from all political sectors, from the National Renewal (RN) to the Communist Party (PC), seeks to take charge of breast cancerthe most common cause of cancer in women and the one that causes the most deaths per year.
The project states that, like all cancers, early diagnosis is critical for a good future prognosis. Similarly, the most effective cancer treatment continues to be the removal of the tumor before it begins to metastasize.
For this reason it was established as right of access to a free mammogram every three years for women between 50 and 69 years old. The above, even considering that historical data show that breast cancer generally appears after menopause,
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However, lifestyle changes have caused Premenopausal breast cancers appear more frequently.
For these reasons, and considering that premenopausal breast cancers tend to be more aggressive than usual, it is important to lower age and extend the benefit of GES to performance. a free mammogram every 12 months and for all women aged 35 and over.
