# Liga Argentina de Lucha Contra el Cáncer

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## TL;DR

Argentina's oldest cancer charity, founded in 1921: a medical centre in Buenos Aires for early detection, free tests for people without health cover, and more than 100 local branches.

## Summary

LALCEC is a non-profit civil association created on 22 July 1921 by Helena Larroque de Roffo, who with her husband Dr Ángel Roffo had trained in France with Marie Curie. Its aim is to reduce cancer incidence and mortality through awareness, early detection and support for patients and the people close to them. It runs the Centro Médico LALCEC in the Palermo district of Buenos Aires, offering early detection and diagnostic tests, and a programme of free tests for people without health cover. Its network has more than 100 branches across Argentina, the first formed in Tucumán in 1945; its history page also records a mobile mammography unit giving free mammograms, a stop-smoking programme and free mole checks. UICC lists it as a Full Member.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-04
- Also known as: LALCEC; Liga Argentina de Lucha Contra el Cáncer (LALCEC)
- City: Buenos Aires, AR
- Type: consortium
- Website: https://www.lalcec.org.ar

## Sources

- Nosotros (Spanish): https://www.lalcec.org.ar/nosotros
- Historia (Spanish): https://www.lalcec.org.ar/historia
- UICC member profile: https://www.uicc.org/membership/liga-argentina-de-lucha-contra-el-cancer-lalcec

## Connected records

- institutions: [Union for International Cancer Control](https://onco.cc/institutions/uicc/)

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