Tuscany will soon pass from 50-69 to the 45-75 age group of Tuscan women who will be invited by their local health authorities to get a mammogram
FLORENCE. will soon pass from 50-69 to 45-75 age group of women who will be invited to Tuscany to get a mammogram, one of the cancer screenings that are part of the program launched for many years by the Region. It will continue to be a free exam for women included in the age group concerned. This will increase the female population who will be invited to undergo the examination of approximately 250 thousand units.
By the end of the year the region is preparing to approve a resolution that, on the proposal of the right to health Louis Brown, extend the age range within which the Tuscan women will be called by their local health authorities to carry out the examination in question, extending the age of 11 years (first 5 and 6 after). “Somewhere I hear – said the regional president Enrico Rossi – that we are going to introduce a ticket on cancer prevention, an area in which Tuscany has always been ahead of the rest of the regions through a long and steady work year . Not only does this not happen, but we also decided to extend to a greater number of women mammography screening just to enhance the activity of free prevention with the aim of extending their life expectancy. “
Accordingwhat will be the new procedures, the women will be called Tuscany’s first visit to a personalized medicine 45 years will be decided together with the medical screening to follow the path up to 50 years. Then women will enter the regular screening program, the current one, which includes a check every two years, but in this case the age limit will be extended to 75 years. At national level, no other region offers such a cancer prevention program. The cost of each exam is around 50-60 €, Tuscany guarantees it for free.
November 29, 2013
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