Clinical and epidemiological profile of breast cancer patients diagnosed in Sinop – MT: A descriptive study
| Autor: | André Luiz de Souza Guimarães, Túlio C. Medeiros, A. E. F. Chiaradia, E. F. O. Mota, D. A. Queiroz, Pâmela Alegranci, A. Rossini, E. F. Silveira, R. A. R. Siviero, Eveline A.I.F. Queiroz, K. A. S. Ferreira |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
obesity Lobular carcinoma lcsh:A Overweight Metastasis 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Breast cancer breast cancer Internal medicine Epidemiology medicine cancer overweight skin and connective tissue diseases 030304 developmental biology 0303 health sciences business.industry Medical record medicine.disease Obesity prognosis 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis medicine.symptom lcsh:General Works Breast carcinoma business |
| Zdroj: | Scientific Electronic Archives, Vol 14, Iss 3, Pp 84-93 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2316-9281 |
| Popis: | Breast cancer is a multifactorial disease that have been increasing in an alarm rate worldwide, and has overweight and obesity as important risk factors, being considered a significant public health problem. The present study aimed to demonstrate the clinical and epidemiological profile of breast cancer patients diagnosed in Sinop-MT (Brazil) and analyze the prevalence of overweight and obesity in these patients. This is a descriptive study, with data collected by analysis of patient’s medical records who were diagnosed with breast carcinoma in the Department of Oncology of Santo Antônio’s Hospital. Data were tabulated and analyzed in an Excel® spreadsheet software (Office 365), with a descriptive analysis in percentage. Results demonstrated that 100% of patients were women; 85.7% were affected by ductal and/or lobular breast carcinomas; all deaths occurred in patients over 40 years and 75% of deaths occurred in advanced stages; being 68.75% of the most severe cases’ stages present in the oldest patients. Furthermore, it was observed that 37.12% of the patients were classified as overweight or obese, 88.57% were treated with chemotherapy and 91.44% treated with combined therapies. In conclusion, it was observed that a great number of breast cancer patients were overweight/obese, presented ductal and lobular carcinoma, the deaths occurred predominantly in the over forty years and were related with the presence of metastasis and advanced stage. |
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