“Breast cancer on the rise among young people and those over 74”, the Bagnols Cancer League mobilized for Pink October

Nina Ehrmann, responsable de l’antenne bagnolaise de la Ligue contre le cancer, Michèle Fond-Thurial, adjointe à la santé, et Marie-Claude Fontraille, coordinatrice d’Octobre rose. C.B.

L’antenne bagnolaise de la Ligue contre le cancer organise plusieurs événements pour inciter les femmes à se faire dépister.

“Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in women. It is increasing among younger people and those over 74,” emphasizes Nina Ehrmann, head of the Bagnolse branch of the Ligue contre le cancer. “And the screening figures are not increasing,” she regrets. However, “screening must be done every two years. In France, screening is offered to all women between the ages of 50 and 74, who receive a letter inviting them to have a mammogram. “A palpation and examination can be done by a midwife,” she recalls.

An incentive to get screened repeated every year during Pink October, an international campaign rolled out in the towns and villages of the Gard Rhodanien. In Bagnols-sur-Cèze, in partnership with the town hall, the League against cancer organizes several events, the aim of which is also to collect donations for research and to help patients with support care offers. “At the Bagnols branch of the League, around a hundred sick people come more or less regularly. There are few men but a little more each year” notes Nina Ehrmann.

The program of Pink October in Bagnols

After the dance evening on September 28 at the Moba which launched Pink October, other events are scheduled: a conference by Doctors Serin and Alphonsi, from the Sainte-Catherine Cancer Institute in Avignon on the “Interception” program, followed by round tables, Tuesday October 1 from 2 p.m.; presence of the button box at the bicycle festival on October 12 which will offer pink ribbons to participants; food and health prevention workshop at the League premises (2 avenue Léon-Blum, Tuesday October 15, 9:30 a.m. – 11 a.m.); flower sale at Intermarché (Saturday October 19); recreational afternoon at the multicultural hall (Sunday October 27, 2 p.m.) tea dance by the BTP association for the benefit of the League (Thursday, November 7, 2 p.m., 10 euros, dress code with pink).

Also note the conference by Doctor Makosso, head of the gynecology-obstetrics department of the Bagnols hospital, on menopause (multicultural room October 16, 5:30 p.m.) which will be followed by a month of free screening for female cancers in his department.

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