Abstract INTRODUCTION: Larynx cancer is one of the most common head and neck cancers, whose main risk factors are smoking and alcohol use, and its occurrence and prognosis depend on adequate and timely preventive measures. This study aimed to investigate the burden of larynx cancer in Brazil and its states. METHODS: Using estimates from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019, this study analyzed the trends of ...
Cervical cancer screening is a multistage process, therefore access to both the primary test and subsequent diagnostic procedures is essential. Considering women undergoing screening on the public health system in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, we aimed to estimate the proportion of women accessing colposcopy within six months of an abnormal smear result. We retrieved records from two administrative databases,...
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To analyze the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on mortality from cancer and cardiovascular diseases (CVD) as underlying cause and comorbidity in Brazil and Brazilian regions in 2020. METHODS We used the 2019 and 2020 databases of the Mortality Information System (SIM) to analyze deaths occurring between March and December of each year that had cancer or CVD as the underlying cause or comorbid...
ABSTRACT: Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the proportion of deaths among hospitalized cases of COVID-19 in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, stratified by private and public services. Methods: Hospitalization data for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) were obtained using the SIVEP-Gripe Database. All hospitalized adults who were diagnosed as COVID-19 or unspecified SARS, between January and D...
Resumo Tendo em vista o crescente número de óbitos pela pandemia de COVID-19 no país, o presente trabalho apresenta análise descritiva inicial e exploratória sobre o excesso de mortalidade observado nos meses de março a maio de 2020 nas capitais e nos demais municípios do país. A fonte de dados utilizada foi o registro de óbitos pelos Cartórios de Registro Civil. Os dados foram desagregados por capitais e demai...
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: to describe the trend of mortality from general cancer and more frequent types among men and women living in the Capitals and other municipalities of the five macro-regions of Brazil between 1978 and 2017. METHODS: Time series study with mortality data corrected by redistribution of ill-defined causes. Proportional cancer mortality was calculated for Brazil and regions. The annual percentage...
Abstract: Our objectives with this study were to describe the spatial distribution of mammographic screening coverage across small geographical areas (micro-regions) in Brazil, and to analyze whether the observed differences were associated with spatial inequities in socioeconomic conditions, provision of health care, and healthcare services utilization. We performed an area-based ecological study on mammograph...
RESUMO: Introdução: O estudo avaliou a confiabilidade interobservadores na classificação de pares de registros formados durante o processo de relacionamento probabilístico, sendo uma das etapas de validação da metodologia a ser utilizada em pesquisa sobre desigualdades de acesso às ações de controle dos cânceres de mama e do colo do útero no Brasil (DAAC-SIS). Metodologia: O programa RecLink foi usado para rela...
Resumo: O câncer de mama é a principal causa de morte por câncer em mulheres no Brasil. As novas diretrizes para detecção precoce no Brasil foram elaboradas com base em revisões sistemáticas da literatura sobre riscos e possíveis benefícios de diversas estratégias de detecção precoce. O objetivo do presente artigo é apresentar as recomendações e atualizar a síntese de evidências, discutindo as principais contro...