10-YEAR ANALYSIS OF BREAST CANCER IN A HOSPITAL IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.15925422160910

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• Keywords: Breast Neoplasms. Database. Health Profile. Epidemiology.

• Abstract:

  Introduction: the world’s incidence of malignant neoplasms increased 20% in the last decade and breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed in women worldwide. Although the etiology of breast cancer is influenced by genetic components, environmental risk factors prevail making possible to affirm that the key to reducing the rates of this neoplasm lies in prevention. Objectives: determine the profile of patients affected by breast cancer, allowing a better view of the disease’s current panorama in the given location, directing preventive and diagnostic strategies. Methods: descriptive and retrospective study, carried out at a Cancer Institute, based on the data collected and stored in the institution’s Hospital Cancer Registry over 10 years (2010 - 2019). The data analysis considered only patients affected by breast cancer, including male and female patients, and the epidemiological variables of their profiles went through prevalence calculation. Results: over the decade, 864 patients were diagnosed with breast cancer, corresponding to 18.8% of the total. In the sample, female (99.4%), white (90.9%), married (56%) and low educational level individuals (29.4 %) prevail. The majority of women (60.7%) had their diagnosis before the age of 60, while 100% of men were diagnosed after this age. Positive family cancer history, non-specific for breast cancer, was present in 39.1% of women and 40% of men. Smoking was present in 43.2% of females and 40% of males and alcohol consumption in 44.4% of females and 20% in males. Conclusion: the determination of the patient’s profiles provides essential information so that it is possible to change the current scenario of breast cancer in the region, through the elaboration of public health policies and preventive programs aimed at the specific portion of the population. The study will also contribute to health planning and management by providing information that can help the establishment of breast cancer control strategies.