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Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde
versión impresa ISSN 1679-4974versión On-line ISSN 2237-9622
Resumen
BORGES, Anne Karin da Mota; FERREIRA, Jeniffer Dantas; KOIFMAN, Sérgio y KOIFMAN, Rosalina Jorge. Thyroid cancer in Brazil: a descriptive study of cases held on hospital-based cancer registries, 2000-2016. Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde [online]. 2020, vol.29, n.4, e2019503. Epub 14-Ago-2020. ISSN 1679-4974. http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/s1679-49742020000400012.
Objective
To describe the clinical and epidemiological profile of primary thyroid cancer hospital cases in Brazil.
Methods
This is a descriptive study of cases held on hospital cancer records who had their first consultation for treatment in the period 2000-2016 and who were monitored by the hospitals providing those records.
Results
Of the 52,912 cases, 83.4% were female and 96.9% were differentiated carcinoma cases. The median time to diagnosis was shorter for anaplastic cases (11 days) and for those living in Brazil’s Southern region (5 days). Treatment was initiated within 60 days in 88.8% of cases that arrived at the hospitals without diagnosis and in 34.9% of those who arrived with diagnosis.
Conclusion
The findings are consistent with thyroid cancer epidemiology, with a predominance of female cases and differentiated carcinomas. Analysis of time-to-treatment suggests access difficulties for those who already had diagnosis when they arrived at the hospitals.
Palabras clave : Thyroid Neoplasms; Health Information Systems; Health Profile; Epidemiology, Descriptive; Time-to-Treatment.