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Breast cancer: screening programs danger?:
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The breast cancer screening programs in danger? – Breast cancer: screening programs danger?
From 2026, the drop in fees provided by Tardoc could dissuade radiology clinics from participating in screening.
Breast cancer screening programs are said to be in danger in Switzerland.
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Breast cancer screening programs are in danger in Switzerland, according to the SRFrelayed by “20 minutes». Therefore, These allow women from 50 years old to make a mammography every two years, taken care of by LAMAL. Moreover, Measures that have been put in place in all the French -speaking cantons in particular.
But these are threatened by the drop in fees of doctors planned for 2026, following the new medical rate system, Tardoc. Indeed. “certain radiology clinics have already told us that they would no longer participate in the screening program, because they consider that new prices do not cover costs,” explains Rudolf Morant, president of the League against Eastern Switzerland cancer, at the SRF.
Very beneficial programs
However. these programs would be extremely beneficial for the early management of cancers, reports Susanne Bucher, director of the center of the breast of the cantonal hospital in Lucerne, interviewed by the SRF. In a study. the researcher compared the tumor stages of women of the cantons of Lucerne and cantons with a screening program: the results of the Lucerne were less favorable.
Insurers are still reassuring, explaining that they will always be able to co -finance them. According to the SRF. all the actors concerned wish to find a satisfactory solution by the entry into force of the new Tardoc prices.
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