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The participants have made a march from the Plaza of the Constitution to Our Lady of the Rosary Church where a Mass was held
Many people, mostly women, participated this morning in the Second People's March in Puerto Lumbreras, developed on the occasion of International Breast Cancer to be held tomorrow Monday 19 October.
The initiative, organized jointly by the Municipality of Puerto Lumbreras and the Spanish Association Against Cancer, has had a rally at Plaza de la Constitution, and a popular march that led participants to Our Lady of the Rosary Church , where a Mass was held in honor of those who have or have had the disease.
Among those attending the merger were representatives of the government team as the Councillor for Employment and Social Policy, M ª Angeles Tunisia, the Councillor for Citizen Security, Dolores Arenas, or the Councillor for Equal Opportunities, Lina Gázquez.
In addition, the ceremony also attended the president of the Spanish Association against Cancer in Puerto Lumbreras, Ana Maria Cerrillo, accompanied by members of the association lumbrerense and other local groups.
"For the second consecutive year the town of Puerto Lumbreras driving this massive merger that aims to promote basic information activities and advice on the disease and early detection," said the Councillor for Employment and Social Policy M ª Angeles Tunisia.
In addition, Tunisia, who has read at the rally the manifest and the European Code Against Breast Cancer, has stressed the importance of social awareness, as each day are detected 44 cases of breast cancer in Spain. "
After reading the manifesto, members of the AECC, they have handed pink ribbons, which are established as the hallmark of this disease is considered one of the leading causes of death among women.
Therefore, according to Tunisia, "the awareness campaigns are very important to call attention to a population that sees this disease distant to their lives.
Early diagnosis allows an extension of 10 years of life in 90 percent of cases "
Early detection is considered the key instrument in the fight against breast cancer and treatment advances can be discussed Cure rates of up to 80 percent, the tumors are detected at early stages.
It is very important in comprehensive care, personalized treatment plans and palliative care in advanced stages of the disease.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Puerto Lumbreras
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