Alcantarilla has advanced in one day the commemoration of the World Day against Breast Cancer, since tomorrow the members of the Local Board and the women's group of "Mucho x Vivir - Alcantarilla" will participate in Murcia capital in the information points of the Board Provincial.
Therefore, in the morning of today have been installed in the Plaza de San Pedro (next to the Town Hall), Calle Mayor (next to the Garden of the Constitution), Adolfo Suárez square, Campoamor garden and Sangonera la Seca, next to the new supermarket, informative tables on the different activities carried out in our municipality, especially in the prevention of this disease and assistance to citizens who request it to the members of the Local Board of the Spanish Association against Cancer of Alcantarilla and imposing all those people who were approaching the already known pink ribbon, which identifies this type of cancer.
In the square of San Pedro Alcantara Mayor Joaquín Buendía, accompanied by the Councilor for Social Welfare and Health, Francisca Terol, along with other members of the Municipal Corporation, have received the information and have been placed the pink ribbon for the component of the Local Board, with its president, Pedro Hernández Caballero, at the helm, members of its management team and the "Mucho x Vivir Alcantarilla" women's group, who actively participate every year.
Later they went up to the balcony of the City Hall to place the pink ribbon of the Alcacerilla AECC, being in it both today and tomorrow, which is the day in the rest of the towns is celebrated.
Mayor Alcantarilla, Joaquín Buendía, has highlighted "the important work that from the Local Board of the Spanish Association Against Cancer, with the support of the group of women of Mucho x Vivir, have been developing in our municipality and I join the voice "Your Fight is my Fight", because breast cancer is a serious disease, but it can be cured if it is detected early and lack of information is the main source of fear and anxiety. the excellent assistance they offer to their services and the programs they provide for the comprehensive care of people with breast cancer, with support in psychological and social care, medical guidance and other care for the patient. research, is the only thing that will cure breast cancer in the long term. "
Each year, on October 19, Breast Cancer Day is celebrated as a reminder of society's commitment to the fight against breast cancer.
This is a disease that strikes many women every year.
Breast cancer is the most common tumor in Western women.
In Spain, around 25,000 new breast cancers are diagnosed each year.
One in eight women will have breast cancer throughout their lives.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Alcantarilla