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1.10.2023

Américas Amigas action in Pink October 2023

Started at the end of September 2023, the Mobile Unit's journey in the state of São Paulo lasted until the first half of December.

It took 82 days and 56 days of service, bringing information, detection and diagnosis of breast cancer to the underprivileged populations of Paraisópolis, Itaim Paulista, Taipas, Embu das Artes, Jundiaí, Guarulhos, Ribeirão Pires, Ferraz de Vasconcelos, Potim, São Sebastião and São Bernardo do Campo.

DATA FROM THE AMÉRICAS AMIGAS ACTION IN PINK OCTOBER 2023

  • Procedures - 5,487
  • Mammograms - 4,400
  • Mammography Complements- 551
  • Targeted Breast Ultrasound - 456
  • Clinical Exams - 80
  • PatientsNavigated - 101
  • Predictive Cases of Malignancy - 101
  • Breast cancer diagnoses - 26
  • Average time between suspicion and diagnosis - 26 days
  • Cancer cases per number of mammograms performed - 1 cancer per 169 mammograms
  • ‍Probablybenign findings that should be followed up every 6 months for a period of 2 years - 372


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