Chucena calls for maintaining medical check-ups all year round against breast cancer
The Chucena Town Council has dedicated World Breast Cancer Day, which was commemorated on Monday, October 19, to the women facing the disease and to those who accompany them, and has called for prevention not to be limited to that day.
The Chucena Town Council has focused on the prevention and early detection of breast cancer on the occasion of World Breast Cancer Day, which was commemorated on Monday, October 19. The council states that informing oneself, attending the recommended medical check-ups and consulting about any change are small gestures that can prove decisive.
Prevention, all year round
The Town Council stresses that health care must accompany throughout the whole year and not only on the day of commemoration. Along these lines, it encourages the population to maintain attention on the disease beyond the marked dates.
The municipal corporation has dedicated the day to all the women fighting breast cancer, to those who have already gone through that path and to the people who remain by their side offering support and company. "For you, for those who are here and for those who were," the council has expressed, advocating for continuing to advance in prevention, research and hope.
Other initiatives in the province
The commemoration has had an echo in other municipalities of the province. The Beas Town Council also expressed its support for the women facing the disease, their families and those who accompany them, and stressed the importance of prevention and early detection, as this portal reported on October 19, 2026. That same council joined the pink, the color with which this cause is made visible.
In addition, on Sunday, October 18, more than a thousand people walked through Isla Cristina in the ninth march against cancer, one of the initiatives held in the province in the previous days, as this portal reported.
What can be done
The Chucena Town Council calls for informing oneself about the disease, attending the recommended medical check-ups and consulting about any change. It is not a call with registration nor an event with a date and place, but a call to maintain vigilance over health throughout the whole year.