ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY FROM MALIGNANT BREAST NEOPLASMS IN BRAZIL BETWEEN THE YEARS OF 2017 AND 2021

• Autor(a) principal: Jacomini, Cinthia Pereira
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Marino, Lilian Duarte Granado Ferreira, Fernandes, Yasmin Tavares, Rubino, Ana Paula, Emerick, Ana Clara Assis Alves, Rodrigues, Ana Carolina Rasia de Mello, Medeiros, Marcela Fragoso de, Ramos, Mariana Camurça, Prince, Vitória Rocxane, Sousa, Luiz Vinicius de Alcantara
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Implantology and Health Sciences
• Texto Completo: https://bjihs.emnuvens.com.br/bjihs/article/view/494
• topic: Câncer de mama; Mortalidade; Epidemiologia; Breast cancer; Mortality; Epidemiology

Breast cancer is a carcinoma that arises due to the unbridled multiplication of abnormal cells in the mammary glands that affect other tissues and organs, thus causing the malignant tumor. In Brazil, it is observed that deaths from breast cancer are high, accounting for approximately 20% of new cases per year, possibly due to late diagnosis, where the disease is already in advanced stages. This is a cross-sectional, descriptive, epidemiological, quantitative and retrospective study regarding mortality from malignant breast neoplasia in Brazil. The data were extracted from the Mortality Information System of the Information Technology Department of the Unified Health System (SIM/DATASUS). In the research, option 041-malignant breast neoplasm in the ICD-10 morbidity list (10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases) was selected as the cause of mortality, based on the following variables: period (2017-2021), color/ race, education and marital status. In the period from 2017 to 2021, 88,322 deaths were recorded, with the southeast region accounting for 49.6% of cases. Regarding age group, 23% of deaths were women over 50 years old. Regarding color/race, 59.2% of deaths occurred in women of white color/race. 32.8% of the women who died had 8 to 11 years of education and 39.2% were married. Therefore, it is important to strengthen and frequently carry out campaigns such as “Pink October”, as such government action is capable of raising awareness and promoting greater access to diagnosis and treatment services, thus providing a reduction in mortality.