One hour of training for a blind woman on breast cancer screening in Germany

In Germany, over 60,000 women develop breast cancer every year. Every year, 18,000 women die from this disease. This makes breast cancer the most common cause of death in women between 40 and 44 and the deadliest type of cancer in women between 25 and 74. For women under 50, the standard examination procedure is a manual examination. Mammography screening is only offered to women over 50. This makes the manual examination all the more important. On the one hand, standardized examinations in routine consultations are often not sufficient and tumors are often not detected. On the other hand, there are around 1.2 million people in Germany with less than 30% vision, not all of whom are employed when they are of working age. A lack of equipment and adaptation of the working environment as well as prejudices against the performance of visually impaired people explain their low integration rate into the job market. Women are particularly affected by this.