Déols changes color in October and turns pink for the third edition. Since this Sunday, September 29, and throughout the month of October, a health village has been established in the monastery’s meadow. Organized by the Anti-Cancer League, 14 associations set up their pavilion there for “Talk about illness“, explains Delphine Genest, Mayor of Diole.Before illness, during prevention and screening, during illness and also after illness with return to work“It is the leading cause of cancer deaths among women in 2023 and affects an average of 60,000 people per year.
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“The village is designed as a journey into care“, explains François Christian, President of the Regional Committee of the League Against Cancer in Indre and Head of the Oncology Department of the Châteauroux Hospital Department. For him, raising awareness of breast cancer is essential for treatment at the first signs, thanks to oneself. He explains: “The screening procedures and tests that are carried out In the regional coordination centers for cancer screening”It is a disease that can affect women of any age but is particularly found in people between the ages of 50 and 74 years. 1 in 8 women will face breast cancer during her lifetime. Overall, the numbers have been increasing over the past 10 years but we are successfully treating more and more cases.About 3% of men can develop this same cancer.
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300 walkers and 250 runners attended from 9am. Among them, many have been affected, directly or indirectly, by breast cancer. This is the case of Mylene: “I'm 33, and I never felt particularly concerned until it happened to someone close to me. I told myself it might worry me too, so I took the test.“Since Camille's mother contracted the disease, the 26-year-old”He encourages all girls and women to do so. Today, many women, even elderly women, do not undergo testing“.
Déols en rose is organizing several events throughout October to continue raising awareness. The program can be found at This link.
