Objective: To verify breast cancer mortality in young women between the ages of 30 and 39 years in the Center-West Region of Brazil from 2009 to 2014. Methodology: A descriptive, retrospective study using data available online in the epidemiological datab
Mortality of young women due to breast cancer in the Center-West Region of Brazil
Authors: Adila Cristina de Silva de Sousa1
Ana Paula de Matos Câncido1
Marina Elias Rocha2
Silvana de Lima Vieira dos Santos2
Institutions: Curso de Enfermagem – Faculdade Unida de Campinas1
Faculdade de Enfermagem – Universidade Federal de Goiás – UFG2
ABSTRACT
Objective: To verify breast cancer mortality in young women between the ages of 30 and 39 years in the Center-West Region of Brazil from 2009 to 2014. Methodology: A descriptive, retrospective study using data available online in the epidemiological databases of the National Cancer Institute (INCA) and the Department of Informatics of the Brazilian National Health System (DATASUS). The information was collected in March 2018. The following inclusion criteria were used: women with breast cancer in the age group 30 to 39 years of age residing in the Central-West region of Brazil and death due to breast cancer reported in the analyzed period. The data were analyzed in Software Excel version 2016. Results: It was identified the occurrence of 180,299 cancer deaths, of these 4949 for breast cancer, with a proportional mortality of 2.7%, ranking third in the classification of death due to breast cancer in Brazil. It was observed that among the cases reported among the women, 425 cases occurred in the age group of women <40 years old, and the age group with the highest number of deaths was 30-39 years, representing 86% of cases. Conclusion: In recent years, the incidence of breast cancer cases has increased in Brazil and the Midwest, and this growth remains despite a greater knowledge of risk factors, the expansion of services and diagnostic apparatuses for this disease. This is the second cause of death due to illness and the one that most affects women in developing and developed countries, we conclude that the mortality rate for breast cancer in women under 40 years in the Midwest is this fact shows a need for more interventions by the health service, reinforcing the importance of self-examination, early diagnosis and consequently demystifying the taboo that breast cancer is only targeted by elderly women.
Keywords: Breast Cancer, Breast cancer young women, Epidemiology.