Fatores associados à realização da prevenção secundária do câncer de mama no Município de Maringá, Paraná, Brasil

• Autor(a) principal: Matos, Jéssica Carvalho de
• Data de Publicação: 2011
• Outros Autores: Pelloso, Sandra Marisa, Carvalho, Maria Dalva de Barros
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Cadernos de Saúde Pública
• Texto Completo: https://cadernos.ensp.fiocruz.br/ojs/index.php/csp/article/view/4521
• topic: Neoplasias de Mama; Prevenção Secundária; Diagnóstico Precoce; Prevalência

This study analyzed the prevalence of secondary breast cancer prevention and associated factors in women 40 to 69 years of age in Maringá, Paraná State, Brazil. Prevalence was 64.5% for breast self-examination, 71.5% for clinical examination, and 79% for mammography. The data suggest that age, schooling, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, religion, and prior hormone replacement therapy influenced the rates of the three types of examination. Preventive practices were significantly more common among women of higher socioeconomic status. Proper orientation and performance of preventive measures and tests should be at the reach of all women in the highest-risk age bracket, thereby decreasing late diagnosis and avoidable deaths and increasing the odds of curing breast cancer.