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Pilar Bertolo (non-center) is accompanied by Trey Burrows and another Adikam member
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Pilar Bértolo, accompanied by volunteers from Adicam, Superou or Breast Cancer
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Sanxenxo State AECC also takes action on the occasion of Breast Cancer Day
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Volunteers from AECC-Pontevedra inform provincial hospitals about breast cancer
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Pilar Bértolo is the new Muller who just overcame breast cancer. This xoves was found without posto da Adikam Association At the entrance of the outpatient department of the Provincial Hospital.He reported there world breast cancer day More people are interested in the help this group can offer. For Pilar, the group has been crucial in finding support and help coping with the disease.
She explained that on March 16, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. “I didn’t notice the little rash and thought it was nothing. When I went to the doctor he told me it was cancer. I was shocked””, he said, explaining that initially “you’re completely lost. ” For this I am looking for help. Atopouna of Adicam is an association specialized in breast and toxin cancers. There I found that people like Tere Barros, Collective Directorwhich explains their functioning as a family and Sinara, the association based in Cangas, Moaña, Vigo and Pontevedra has 2,000 related personnel. It has different programs, such as Appálpate or meeting people in rural areas in order to inform them about Early detection bring disease.
“They helped me,” said Pilar Bertolo, who had surgery in recent weeks, and the woman boasted that all her surgical stitches had just been removed. “The tumor disappeared”,After months of uncertainty, she came up with a satisfactory explanation.
That same morning, she informed others who had recently been diagnosed with breast cancer of Adicam’s support activities. “When a person isn’t in trouble, all we do is provide guidance because we’ve been through the same thing,” Trey Barrows explains.
AECC Volunteers: “O que Consello É NON ILLARSE”
There are other voluntary groups at the central entrance to the Provincial Hospital, in this case Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC)provides information about breast cancer to interested parties.
“We are focused on research and the need to understand cancer,” he said. María Otero, volunteer at the AECC Oncology Hospital. “We are moving forward. Treatment is less aggressive“They’ve made progress, but they still have a long way to go,” he said, noting that breast cancer cure rates have increased significantly in recent years. “Your hospitals are doing very important work. Before they were not that involved. Now all health teams are involved,” he argued.
“We had to put it into words,” he said, “and we tried not to give it the usual drama. There are some voluntary moitas who are suffering from diseases and are helping us”, says María Otero, who recognizes that cancer is no longer a taboo, explaining that at Pontevedra AECC, in addition to volunteer work, there are professionals, psychologists and social workers who help people with this disease.
This tumor is more common in women between the ages of 45 and 65.
“I advise you not to get sick and strengthen your mental strength.”noted that the association offers yoga programs, therapies and specific programs for patients and their families.
The Spanish Anti-Cancer Association claimed on this day that ““Rosa, more than just a heart”an idea to advance progress in breast cancer prevention and treatment. This tumor is more common in women between the ages of 45 and 65. It is the third most common ulcer disease in the world.
Second data for 2022 from the Cancro Observatory in the province of Pontevedra 758 people diagnosed with breast cancer. The AECC requested more information about the population with triple-negative breast cancer, or breast cancer that is more aggressive and has a greater ability to proliferate.
In 2022, the association will serve a total of There are 2,927 people in the province, including patients and their families. Or 20% are related to breast cancer.