2 Amendments of Marina YANNAKOUDAKIS related to 2009/2103(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the most frequent types of cancers differ between women and men and women are mostly affected by breast, cervical, endometrial, fallopian tube, ovarian and vaginal cancer but also often by stomach and colorectal cancers, whereas the incidence of breast cancer is rising among women in many European countries affecting also younger women and 275.000 women contract breast cancer in the EU each year, and whereas male cancers include testicular, prostate and penis cancers and male breast cancer,
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas about 30%the consequences of cancers may be prevented and the consequences reduced by early detection and treatment while the effectiveness ofreduced by early detection through nationally- led screening programmes for women varies and depends on the coverage of the female population, accessibility to mammography and its quality, the treatment and other factorsboth women and men,