Several partners embraced Instituto Mário Penna’s Pink October campaign and carried out awareness-raising actions for the prevention of breast cancer.
Last Monday afternoon, October 25th, Mário Penna’s team was at Precon, in Pedro Leopoldo, for a chat with the company’s employees. Eliane Fraga, a patient from Entrelaçadas (the IMP’s support group for women with breast cancer) told a little about her fight against the disease, talked about the difficulties of recovery, and emphasized the importance of prevention and the annual mammography.
At the Training and Emergency Center (CUREM), two patients from the Interlaced group were responsible for sending a message about the importance of preventive exams and giving personal testimony about how they faced and are recovering from breast cancer.
Another cool event that had the participation of three patients in the group was the Encounter of Motorcycle Ride Beneficent.
They not only talked to the women who were there, but also witnessed the sale of bandanas by motorcyclists, which had 100% of the amount allocated to Instituto Mário Penna to help in the treatment of cancer patients.
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In the school auditorium, a theater with playful characters such as Rei Leão and Minions performed Cofrinho do Bem for the kids, explaining the importance of the donation to Instituto Mário Penna.
When we say that prevention is of all colors and we give visibility to different aesthetic standards, we are not just embracing the cause of breast cancer, but a whole social issue. Resigning our views and questioning the constructed inequalities is urgent and everyone’s role.
“Our research results show that breast cancer patients have a higher number of microvesicles in their blood when compared to healthy donors. In addition, the profile of these vesicles is different on some occasions, as in the case of patients with metastasis who have a high number of T lymphocyte microvesicles, a cell type already known to be involved in the progression and response to cancer treatment”; explains Dr. Leticia.
Karla Pimentel, Executive Director of the Swiss bank Arzan Suisse, visited the facilities of the Luxembourg Hospital and also visited the 50th Anniversary Memorial of the Instituto Mário Penna.