Our Mission
To provide fast, high-quality breast cancer treatment for low-income women.
If treated early, breast cancer has a 95% chance of being cured. Therefore, awareness, early detection, and funding exams, consultations, surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy guide the actions of Protea Institute
Por que precisamos da sua ajuda?
1
in 8 women globally will have breast cancer
brasileiras terão diagnóstico de câncer de mama em 2025
1
in 4 in 4 women with breast cancer in Brazil loses her life.
That’s 50 mortes por dia.
of the Brazilian population does not have health insurance and depends exclusively on the SUS (Unified Health Care System)
This support from the Protea makes me ask more and more of myself. I smile through the pain, there is peace in my heart. Now, through all this work dedicated to me and to other women with breast cancer, I can feel like myself.
Maria Lucia Paladini
Occult breast cancer since 2020, in palliative care. She receives psychological care and participates in Protea’s Art Therapy and Mindfulness groups
With Protea, I felt I was not alone. I felt I had someone passing on so much knowledge and joy. This gives me encouragement and strengthens me in my everyday life.
Odete Vieira
Bilateral breast cancer and mastectomy in 2018.
She receives psychological care and participates in Protea’s Art Therapy and Mindfulness The Protea
How to support?
The high cost of breast cancer treatment, and a mortality rate that exceeds 27% in Brazil, require the engagement of society as a whole, helping to reduce waiting times for treatment, through donations of financial resources.
Make a
donation
Make a PIX transfer to
CNPJ 30.817.976/0001-12
or wire transfer to Banco Itaú (341),
branch 9337, checking account: 12.887-1
The funds pay for surgery, exams, consultations, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy for low-income women.
Project Sponsorship
Find out more and support our projects so that Protea can increase the number of women treated at partner hospitals and save the lives of thousands of people. To support a project, email us at:
Brand
Support
Put Protea’s brand on your product, service, or event and revert part of the revenue into a donation to the Institute. Together, we can give health and hope to low-income patients and make your brand even more relevant.
Become a
Volunteer
Would you like to contribute to improving
the routine of patients
helped by Protea?
Discover the job vacancies available today.
If there are no open positions, you can register your interest
PROJECTS
Protea Institute’s projects are aligned to reduce the breast cancer mortality rate in Brazil by following two strategies: funding treatment and early detection of breast cancer.
OUR TEAM

ANNA GABRIELLA
CHAGAS ANTICI
CEO

RAFFAELLA
ANTICI
General Counsel

ELEONORA ANTICI
R. DE SOUZA
Chief Financial Officer

CRISTINA
ASSUMPÇÃO
Executive Officer
News

Um passo imenso para a saúde pública e para a vida das mulheres goianas!
Nós do Instituto Protea somos parceiros técnicos do Instituto Natura no projeto Goiás todo Rosa. Essa semana estamos avançando em mais uma etapa

Participamos ativamente da 13ª Conferência de Lideranças em Saúde da Mulher
O Instituto Protea, representado por Elde Bueno, e outras instituições parceiras estão em Brasília (DF) nestes dias 24 e 25 de março. Participamos

O Instituto Protea esteve presente no 16º Fórum Nacional do Oncoguia
O Instituto Protea esteve presente no 16º Fórum Nacional do Oncoguia, um espaço extremamente relevante que reuniu diferentes elos da cadeia do cuidado

Um passo imenso para a saúde pública e para a vida das mulheres goianas!
Nós do Instituto Protea somos parceiros técnicos do Instituto Natura no projeto Goiás todo Rosa. Essa semana estamos avançando em mais uma etapa fundamental do
PARTNERS
Protea Institute appreciates its partner companies’ confidence, solidarity, and support in the fight against breast cancer. Breast cancer treatment is expensive and, without you, it would not have been possible to impact and save so many lives.
Together, we are very strong.







