Cancer-caused child mortality in Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Spironello, Ricardo Alexandre
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Silva-Comar, Francielli Maria Souza, Cardia, Gabriel Fernando Esteves, Janeiro, Vanderly, Pedroso, Raissa Bocchi, Cuman, Roberto Kenji Nakamura
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Saúde e Pesquisa (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unicesumar.edu.br/index.php/saudpesq/article/view/7520
• topic: Cancer; Pediatrics; Mortality; Câncer; Pediatria; Incidência; Mortalidade; Pediatria

Mortality by different types of cancer in 0 - 4 year-old children and its distribution for the five Brazilian regions are investigated. Method: number of registered cases and deaths were retrieved derived from the National Institute of Cancer (INCA) and from the Mortality Information System (SIM/DATASUS). Information on live births was retrieved from SINASC for the period of analysis between 1996 and 2017. Results: types of cancer with the highest number of deaths notified were leukemia and cancers of the Central Nervous System. Number of death in children within the age bracket, with malignant cancer, reached 2,597, with leukemia, cancers of the Central Nervous System and neuroblastomas causing approximately 70% of deaths. Frequency of deaths with regard to cancer type indicates that cancers of the central nervous system had a 36.27% of deaths, followed by neuroblastomas, with 32.13%, leukemias, with 29.31% and cancers of the soft tissues, with 21.65%. The southeastern and northeastern regions of Brazil had the highest indexes. Conclusions: Results reveal high incidence of cancer cases and deaths in 0 – 4 year-old children, requiring constant investments for better access of patients to health systems where diagnosis and treatment are essential for the decrease of child mortality.