HOW SCHOOLING AFFECTS MAN DEATHS BY BREAST CANCER IN STATE OF GOIAS

Flavio Y. Kuwae (UFG), Richard R. Santos (UFG), Sarah R. Santos (UFG), Lamise T. Silva (UFG), Bruna O. Andrade (UFG), Thiago de P. Eleute?rio (UFG), Marcela D. R. Rincon (PUC-GO), Jessica T. Campos (PUC-GO)

UFG – FMTo evaluate the influence of schooling in mortality of male individuals related to breast cancer in Goias. A descriptive study was carried out based on the literature review in bibliographic databases, selecting articles between the years of 2013 and 2015 that dealt with the analysis of cases of breast cancer in men. We also collected and analyzed secondary data from the IBGE and DATASUS for the statistical study relating the schooling as a risk factor for cancer. The results obtained suggested that the male population with no instruction and incomplete elementary and middle school, 52,9%, might be a risk factor of dying by breast cancer as their deaths represent 75,0% of the total (n=28). The ones with complete elementary and middle school but incomplete high school are also included as a risk factor, but milder than the previous, as they are 15,5% of the population and represent 21,4% of the deaths. Finally, the population with complete High School and Higher Education represents 31,3% of the men and only 3,6% of their deaths by breast cancer, suggesting it can be a protection factor. Despite the increased incidence of breast cancer in men, this is still a rare disease. The better knowledge of the disease allows increasing survival rates, which gives greater protection to men who completed High School and Higher Education. While a lack of knowledge about a disease, related to lower schooling, would imply a lower survival rate. With greater knowledge of the population, the earlier is the diagnosis and consequently, the better is the prognosis of the disease. However, other factors were not considered in this study.male breast cancer, schooling

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