In collaboration with the Minister of Health Adonis Georgiadis, Deputy Minister of Health Irene Agapidakis and Deputy Minister of National Economy and Finance Nikos Papathanassis, the implementation of preventive diagnostic tests is part of the Recovery and Resilience Fund for preventive diagnostic tests. mammography Against cancer through mobile units, with a total budget of EUR 4,564,544.

Every female citizen of the country belonging to the age group 45-74 has the right to participate in the action and has a social security registration number (AMKA). The above rights are excluded by women who belong to the particular age group of the program, but have either conducted the same preventive examination within the previous year, or have been diseased by breast cancer in the last five years.

Action purposes also include a decrease in pressure on the health system, limiting treatment costs, improving the quality of life of patients in remote areas, improvement in access to the health system in non -privileged groups of the female population, and Recording and ability to process statistics through the electronic health file to enhance the planning and implementation of health promotion policies.

According to official data, breast cancer is most often diagnosed cancer in the European Union 27 countries. Women who are diagnosed early in an early stage To averaged 96% in the European Union. In contrast, women whose diagnosis is made at a later stage of cancer have only 38%survival.