Radiology volunteers to support a breast cancer screening program in Peru: description of the project, preliminary results, and impressions

González Moreno I.M.; Trejo-Falcón J.; Matsumoto M.M.; Huertas Moreno M.; Martínez Gálvez M.; Farfán Quispe G.R.; Chavez Pareja F.Y.; Mollura D.J.; Pollack E.; Scheel J.R.; García Santos J.M. · Radiologia (2022) · DOI: 10.1016/j.rx.2021.04.003

Resumen

Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in Peruvian women. Due to limitations in national breast cancer screening programs, especially in rural areas, more than 50% of cases of breast cancer in Peru are diagnosed in advanced stages. In collaboration with a local clinic registered as a nongovernmental organization (CerviCusco), RAD-AID International aims to create a sustainable diagnostic structure to improve breast cancer screening in Cuzco. With the support of local, national, and international partners that have collaborated in analyzing radiological resources, raising awareness in the population, acquiring equipment, training clinical staff, and building referral networks, our teams of radiologists, included in the RAD-AID team, have participated in training CerviCusco staff in breast ultrasound, thus enabling additional training for radiology residents through a regulated international collaboration.