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"Commissioner, the subject under discussion today is difficult, even painful, not just for women but often for entire families as well. Indeed, the statistics just quoted – one women in ten is or will suffer from this disease – show that it is the most frequent cause of death for women aged between 35 and 55, and that we might have been able to prevent the deaths of 75 000 women per year if we had set up a much earlier prevention programme. Therefore, this scourge cannot but become one of our most important targets over the next few years. I am keen, then, to thank Mrs Jöns for her report and, above all, for the perseverance she has shown as well as the quality of the work she has produced.
It is essential, then, to promote and encourage preventive screening methods, to inform women and aim prevention campaigns at them. However, my practical experience in this sector suggests to me that there are other obstacles, sometimes socioeconomic and often cultural. We know that early diagnosis is still the best method of improving prognosis and treatment, and that early detection will make breast cancer easier to cure and less traumatic for the patient. Subsequently, it is important to help women suffering from the disease. That being the case, networks of multidisciplinary treatment centres offering women medical care and psychological and social advice are utterly fundamental to the plan.
Finally, I would point out that today’s debate cannot be closed. The fight against breast cancer must be part of a large-scale programme and continue to be a subject of research. That is why I feel that it should indeed be linked with the Sixth Framework Programme for research and the EUR 400 million dedicated to cancer research. It seems to me that the report on breast implants, approved in February of this year, is a positive and high-quality contribution to this aspect of women’s health. Furthermore, the proposed Commission recommendation to the Member States for better cancer detection will provide an opportunity to continue the debate on this subject, which is so important for women, and, I would add, for society as a whole."@en1
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