Pink October, Komen and the Ministry of Culture allied against breast cancer

In Italy every year there are 56,870 cases of breast cancer. This pathology remains in first place in terms of incidence and cause of death from cancer in the female population. October is the international month
of breast cancer prevention And Komen Italy relaunches the fifth edition of the. together with the Ministry of Culture ‘Prevention is our masterpiece’ campaign. The events of the campaign, which combines screenings throughout the territory with the possibility of free entry into 100 state museums, were presented today in Rome at Mic. This evening the Colosseum will be lit up in pink to mark the launch of Prevention Month.

“There are 800 thousand women in Italy who have overcome breast cancer – she recalled Riccardo Masettioncologist and founder of Komen Italia – In the month of October we also try to help women who live in fragile conditions and will be able to have the possibility of screening. The prevention caravan that will cross Italy leaves from Sicily tomorrow. Every woman who deals with breast cancer has the right to have the best treatments and also scientifically validated integrated oncology therapies, which are needed to ensure that this disease does not leave a wound and marks. We want to treat the person and not just the disease.”

The Mic will once again contribute to supporting the campaign by offering free access to the 100 state museums for all those who choose to support Komen Italia’s prevention projects with a donation and will host a stage of the Prevention Caravan at the Vive-Vittoriano and Palazzo Venezia.

The Komen prevention caravan leaves tomorrow in Sicily, the first stop from Palermo to Catania. The 7 high-tech mobile units “will begin a virtuous journey of 77 stages which will develop progressively, from South to North, reaching 36 Italian cities.

“Prevention is a winning key and today we can decline it in various ways, for example also with awareness raising. In fact we have called October ‘pink awareness month’, the concept of having to take care of health has now quite entered women’s minds of your breast even in the absence of symptoms, it is not enough, in addition to knowing it, you also need to do prevention”, he told Adnkronos Salute Daniela Terriblebreast specialist and president of Komen Italia.