Health

Pink October campaign recalls the importance of preventing breast cancer

01.10.2015

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The awareness campaign against breast cancer, known as the Pink October, is held by several entities, in October, and addressed to society, especially to women. Among the themes of the movement, is the importance of prevention and early diagnosis of the disease.

The name of the campaign refers to the tie color that symbolizes the world, the fight against breast cancer and encourages participation of the population, enterprises and organizations: pink. During the period, monuments across the country are illuminated with the same color.

Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in the world and, despite also reach men, women, over 35 years, are the main target.

Prevention

The National Cancer Institute José Alencar Gomes da Silva (Inca) directs that all women know their body and wherever possible, be in the bath at the time of Dressing or other everyday situation, do the self-examination of the breasts. According to the Inca, there is no specific technique for autopalpação and should appreciate the chance discovery of small breast changes during the touch.

According to the institute, there are high rates of cure when breast cancer is identified at an early stage, when the lesions are smaller than two centimeters in diameter.

Historic

The movement known as October Rosa was born in the United States in the 1990s, to encourage public involvement in the control of breast cancer. The date is celebrated annually in order to promote awareness about the disease and share information about breast cancer.

Since 2010, INCA part of this movement, promoting discussion forums on the control of breast cancer and disseminating and making available its information materials, bringing quality to the debate, both for health professionals and for society.

Congress

On Wednesday (30), the female parliamentary bench of the National Congress launched the Black Hall of the House of Representatives, the campaign October Rose against Breast Cancer. During the event, Senator Vanessa Grazziotin (PCdoB-AM) highlighted the reduction of deaths from the disease in the last decade.

October Rose in Congress

"In recent years, we have achieved improvements in the rates of successful treatment against breast cancer. From 2005 to 2009, the rate rose from 78% to 87%. This is the result of an intense mobilization across the country and applied resources, "said the parliamentarian.

Congresswoman Elcione Barbalho (PMDB-AM), Women's attorney in the House, spoke about the importance of enabling the treatment of disease in the country. "No use to draw attention to the disease and be here right now if we do not fight for treatment conditions. No use to detect cancer and not be able to handle. " Elcione also drew attention to the incidence of the disease in men.

"We had last year, 14,000 deaths of women, and around 180 deaths of men, by the disease. One of the projects that we can adopt is what guarantees the breast reconstruction at the time it is made mastectomy. This is a law, but is not a reality, and we have to fight for this to be a reality, "said Vanessa, referring to Law 12,802 / 2013, which requires the Unified Health System (SUS) to do plastic surgery reconstructive breast soon after the withdrawal of cancer, when medical conditions.

Opening the event, the female parliamentary bench were up the ramp of the National Congress and posed for pictures in front of the building, on its first day with pink lighting. During the campaign, both the Congress and the ministries and other public buildings in Brasilia will light pink, to remember the importance of the fight against breast cancer.

* With information from Brazil and Inca Agency

Source: EBC

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