On the occasion of the World Cancer Day, 4 February, the Municipality of Athens, through the Municipal Clinics and Public Health Authority, organizes the “Month of Prevention and Health”, providing free – throughout February – preventive examinations in cooperation with the Medical Faculty of the National University of Kapodistrias in Athens, Greek the Urological Society and the Association of Friends of the General Cancer Hospital “Agii Anargyroi”.

Thus, everyone is given the opportunity to schedule examinations, especially for women regarding the prevention of breast and cervical cancer, and for men – the prevention of prostate cancer.

“For another year, we strongly support an international campaign to raise awareness and, above all, to prevent cancer. Making health our priority, we have continued to modernize our municipal clinics over the past three years, enhancing their services with free preventive medicine programs for all. At the same time, we are staffing clinics with more specialized staff, enabling more and more of our citizens to have access to valuable primary health care,” said Athens Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis in a statement.

Those interested can sign up by phone for the following exams, which will be held weekly:

Breast Cancer Screening:

Clinical examination by a specialist doctor in municipal dispensaries, which includes taking an anamnesis, evaluation of previous breast examinations, prescribing tests, preventive counseling, as well as planning biopsies, operations or specialized control in the collaborating hospitals Attikon and Hippokrateio. “, if it is deemed necessary essential.

Medical examination will take place in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 6th city polyclinics according to the following schedule and by appointment only:

Monday, 06/02/2023 – Wednesday, 08/02/2023, 6th municipal polyclinic – Kypseli (Chania 4B, tel. 210 8836200).

Tuesday, 02.07.2023 – Wednesday, 02.08.2023, 2nd municipal clinic – Neos Kosmos (Fanostenus and Frederikou Smith, tel. 210 9239865).

Tuesday, 02.07.2023 – Wednesday, 02.08.2023, 1st municipal clinic – Athens (Solonos 78, tel. 210 3626587).

Thursday, 02.08.2023, 3rd municipal clinic – Petralona (Thessalonikis 48, tel. 210 3427515).

Digital mammography:

The digital mammography examination will be carried out free of charge in the building of the Association of Friends of the General Cancer Hospital “Agia Anargyri” (Tirinthos 2, in Ano Patisia) on Wednesday, February 15th.

Those who wish can sign up for a mammogram by phone: 210 2015510 ext. 119-120 (Monday-Friday 08.30-14.00). Appointments will be booked on a first-come, first-served basis.

Screening for cervical cancer:

Full clinical examination by a specialist gynecologist in municipal clinics, including history taking, assessment of previous examinations, tests Papordering the necessary tests and referral for a specialized examination, if required, to the collaborating 2nd EKPA Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic at Aretaio Hospital.

Clinical examinations will be carried out in the following clinics according to the following schedule and by appointment only:

Monday, 02/13/2023 – Friday, 02/17/2023, 1st Municipal Clinic – Athens (Solonos 78, tel. 210 3626587).

Monday, 02/13/2023 – Friday, 02/17/2023, 2nd municipal clinic – Neos Kosmos (Fanostenus and Frederikou Smith, tel. 210 9239865).

Monday, 02/13/2023 – Friday, 02/17/2023, 3rd municipal polyclinic – Petralona (Thessalonikis 48, tel. 210 3427515).

Monday, 02/13/2023 – Friday, 02/17/2023, 4th municipal clinic – Kolonos (Propontidos & Agia Sofias 110, tel. 210 5121921).

Monday, 02/13/2023 – Friday, 02/17/2023, 6th Municipal Clinic – Kypseli (Chania 4B, tel. 210 8836200).

Prostate Cancer Test:

Clinical examination by a specialized urologist in municipal polyclinics, including evaluation of tests, appointment of new tests, as well as referral for further consultation.

Medical examination will take place in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 6th city polyclinics according to the following schedule and by appointment only:

Tuesday, 02/22/2023 1st Municipal Clinic – Athens (78 Solonos Street, tel. 210 3626587).

Wednesday, February 23, 2023, 2nd Municipal Clinic – Neos Kosmos (Fanostenus and Frederico Smith, tel. 210 9239865).

Thursday, 02/24/2023, 6th municipal clinic – Kipseli (Chania 4B, tel. 210 8836200).

Friday, 02/25/2023, 3rd municipal clinic – Athens (Thessalonikis 48, tel. 210 3427515).