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Given the incidence of breast cancer cases in young women in the entity, the Hidalgo Health Secretariat promotes the Semilla Rosa strategy in the municipalities of the Huasteca, with which it seeks to raise awareness about this problem, which represents the first cause of malignant tumor in citizens.
The head of the Jaltocán Health Directorate, Karla Ferreira, took the program to various neighborhoods and communities in the demarcation.
She reported on the importance of properly performing the breast self-examination technique on a monthly basis, as it is a tool to detect alterations, even seven years prior to diagnosis.
She commented that the workshops teach that it is a procedure to be able to detect anomalies and thus avoid the development of breast cancer, so it must be carried out on a regular basis, with a physical examination of the breasts.
He recalled that the Secretary of Public Education in Hidalgo has maintained this strategy since 2019 to make female students aware of the risks of this condition.
Solomon Hernandez | San Felipe Orizatlan
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