CHARACTERIZATION OF BREAST CANCER HOSPITALIZATION IN BRAZIL FROM 2008 TO 2016

Amanda P. Costa, Lays C. Marques, Yasmin B. Paiva, Haulder S. Gratão, Maira M. Dantas, Adriel F. Victoy, Candenor G. Nascimento, Arthur A. B. Carvalho

“Objective: To analyze the incidence of breast cancer admissions in Brazil from 2008 to 2016 and characterized by malignancy, gender, race, age and federative unit. Methodology: A retrospective descriptive study of the incidence of hospitalizations for breast cancer in Brazil. The data were obtained by DataSUS Information System, being analyzed in the years 2008-2016, tabulated in Excel 2015. Results: There were a total of 341,266 admissions for breast cancer, and 92.50% (n = 315,660) were malignant and 7.32% (n = 25,606) benign. In benign tumors, there were 24,615 female cases and 991 male. There was a higher incidence of the white race with 57.7% cases (n = 12,632), and the most affected age group was 40-49 years with 25.64% admissions (n = 6,312). The State of Paraná has the largest number of benign neoplasms hospitalizations with 23.24% of the cases (n = 5,721). Regarding the admissions for malignancies 4,206 belonged to the male and 311,454 female. The State of São Paulo had the highest incidence of male admissions (n = 828) and the State of Minas Gerais female (n = 37568). Malignant cases also prevailed the white race with 57.17% of cases (n = 178,064), but the most affected age group was 50-59 years, with 57.17% of admissions (n = 86,259). Conclusion: It is observed in the results that the highest incidence of breast cancer affecting the female and the white race. The age group 40-49 years is the most affected by benign breast cancers and 50-59 malignant cancers. The Southeast region had the highest incidence of hospitalizations for breast cancer.Key words: Breast cancer; Hospitalization; Incidence”


Keywords: Breast cancer. Inflammation. Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio. Prognosis.”