Overview
- Health officials told campaigner María Varela they will work to roll out organized mammogram screening for women aged 45 to 74 across all regions.
- The ministry will study national patient records to pin down how many younger women are affected and will also update primary care steps to spot cases earlier.
- Leaders said they intend to bring a proposal on lowering the start age to the Commission of Public Health in May, with further sign-offs needed by expert panels and regional governments.
- Galicia has already raised the upper age to 74 and is running 45–49 screening inside the Xenoma Galicia project, which invites women based on genetic risk rather than age alone.
- Varela’s Change.org drive has topped 86,000 signatures, and she warns that without firm dates the rollout could drag on for years, leaving many younger women outside routine checks.