Epidemiological profile of esophageal cancer mortality in Rio Grande do Sul and its health regions

Autor: Victor Antônio Kuiava, Lisia Hoppe, Carlos Augusto Scussel Madalosso, Richard Ricachenevsky Gurski, Daniel Navarini, Ana Thereza Perin
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Repositório Institucional da UFRGS
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
instacron:UFRGS
Clinical & Biomedical Research; Vol. 38 No. 3 (2018)
Clinical and Biomedical Research; v. 38 n. 3 (2018)
Clinical and Biomedical Research
ISSN: 2357-9730
Popis: Introduction: Malignant esophageal neoplasia is a rare tumor, but it has high morbidity and mortality. Early diagnosis and intensive treatment associated with surgical approach remains the best treatment for the disease. Its epidemiology is extremely diverse in the world, even in the same country. Methodology: This was a retrospective analysis made from 2000-2015, analyzing the mortality rates of malignant esophageal neoplasia in the state of Rio Grande do Sul (RS) in its 30 Health Regions and in Brazil. The mortality data were collected in the Mortality Information System (SIM) and the population data in the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). Results: The esophageal cancer mortality rate was 8.61 (95% CI, 8.49-8.73) per 100,000 inhabitants in RS, while the national rate was 3.66 (95% CI, 3, 49- 3.82), with a significant difference (p
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