Elise Denjean
Each year for 27 years in France, the beginning of the month marks the Pink October campaign. This month is dedicated to the fight against breast cancer. This year, the priority is to relaunch breast cancer screening, the leading cause of death from this disease in women. However, since the pandemic, women will be tested less than before.
This Friday marks the start of Pink October dedicated to the fight against breast cancer. One in eight women is at risk of developing this type of cancer in her lifetime. For a month, events will raise awareness of screening throughout France. The best weapon against breast cancer is early detection, doctors say. However, since the Covid-19 crisis, women will be tested less than before.
A historically low participation rate
This is a general trend that accelerated with the pandemic last year. 43% of women invited to be screened have done so, so 10% less than ten years ago.
A historically low participation rate which can be explained quite simply according to Emmanuel Ricard, delegate for the prevention and promotion of screening at the National League against cancer. “I think that the issue of Covid-19 had a strong impact since there were closures of health establishments. There were the radiology offices which were quite busy doing the radios, the care for the Covid and lung damage. So it has diverted a little activity both on the patient side and on the supply side compared to the availability of radiology centers or mammography centers “, he explains at the microphone of Europe 1.
A 15% drop in mortality among screened women
In the midst of the pandemic’s lull, health professionals insist that this is the right time to resume good habits. As a reminder, there is a drop of about 15% in mortality among women who are screened.
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