Dr. Ivie Braga, Coordinator of the National Mammography Commission (CNM) of the Brazilian College of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging (CBR), gave two interviews to clarify the importance of early breast cancer detection. The interviews were given to Record News and SBT, both broadcast in June.
During the 'SBT Brasil' news program, the CBR representative spoke about late breast cancer detection and the complications it can cause: "These women were diagnosed with breast cancer based on clinical symptoms, tumors that were already in a more advanced stage, and these tumors are usually more aggressive." The CNM representative also emphasized that screening should be performed on women aged 40 and over 70: "It should include not only younger women, who represent one in three women with breast cancer, but also women over 70 who are also not included in the screening program offered by the government through the Unified Health System (SUS)."
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On JR News, Dr. Ivie Braga participated live, highlighting the importance of including women over 40 in SUS screening. The CBR-affiliated physician also emphasized that the earlier a tumor is detected, the better the chances of recovery: "If a tumor is detected through mammography, before clinical symptoms appear, the chances of death are less than 30%."
During the interview, the doctor also explained that there is a multidisciplinary effort involving several societies, including the Brazilian College of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging (CBR), the Brazilian Society of Mastology (SBM), the Brazilian Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics Associations (FEBRASGO), the Brazilian Medical Association (AMB), and the Federal Council of Medicine (CFM), to expand mammography screening in public health. When asked about a possible increase in breast cancer cases in Brazil, the CNM coordinator discussed the reality of Brazilian women compared to women in the United States and Europe: "The number of women under 50 who develop the disease in these countries is around 151 TP3T, while in Brazil the number is 30 to 401 TP3T." However, the doctor emphasizes that several factors can contribute to this increase, from changes in Brazilian women's lifestyles in recent decades (stress, longer working hours, poorer eating habits, smoking) to the rise in obesity. These are some of the factors cited by Dr. Ivie Braga that may contribute to the rise in breast cancer cases in developing countries, especially Brazil.
See the participation of the College representative in the interviews
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