BREAST CANCER PREVALENCE IN PATIENTS YOUNGER THAN 50 YEARS IN BRAZIL AND IN THE STATE OF GOIÁS BETWEEN 2010 AND 2014

OBJECTIVE: To identify the national and Goiás prevalence of breast cancer before 50 years old. METHODOLOGY: A retrospective, quantitative and cross-sectional study. It was used to collect data the Bank of the Unified Health System Data (DATASUS) from 2010 to 2014 for women under 50 years. Data were analyzed with Microsoft Excel. RESULTS: In general, Brazil has 91,398 cases of hospitalization for breast cancer between 2010 and 2014 in the age group 20-49 years. The predominant age was above 40-49 years, corresponding to 66.98% of all cases, followed by 30-39 years with 26.62%, and last 20-29 years with 6.4%. There was not significant variations in prevalence between the years analyzed. The difference between the year of more hospitalizations (2014) and the fewer hospitalizations (2011) was only 3.4%. In the analysis, the state of Goiás showed relatively few cases of morbidity from breast cancer in the time period and age analyzed, corresponding to 2.1% of the country. The situation was the same age group, predominantly 40-49 years (66.32%) and having a lower percentage in the second decade of life (6.64%). The highest rates occurred in 2010 (21.74%) and 2014 (21.01%) and the lowest in 2012 (18.57%). CONCLUSION: The Ministry of Health provides mammography for breast CA tracking only after 50 years. However, given the above, one can see that anticipate the breast CA tracking for patients from 40 years of age, as well as recommended by the Brazilian Society of Mastology, would be a valid strategy in view of the high prevalence of the disease between 40 and 49 years old.