Prostate Cancer Analysis in Follow-up in the Oncology Care Network of Espírito Santo, Brazil
Introduction: Hospital-based Cancer Registries (HCR) are systematic sources of information, installed in general/specialized oncology hospitals, with the aim of collecting data regarding the diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of patients treated in these institutions. Objective: To analyze the epi...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2025 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Instituto Nacional de Câncer José Alencar Gomes da Silva (INCA) |
| Repositorio: | Revista Brasileira de Cancerologia (Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués inglés español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:rbc.inca.gov.br:article/4920 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://rbc.inca.gov.br/index.php/revista/article/view/4920 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Oncologia/tendências Neoplasias da Próstata/epidemiologia Epidemiologia/tendências Saúde do Homem Registros Hospitalares Oncology/trends Prostate Neoplasms/epidemiology Epidemiology/trends Men's Health Hospital Records Oncología/tendencias Neoplasias de la Próstata/epidemiología Epidemiología/tendencias Salud del Hombre Registros de Hospitales |
| Sumario: | Introduction: Hospital-based Cancer Registries (HCR) are systematic sources of information, installed in general/specialized oncology hospitals, with the aim of collecting data regarding the diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of patients treated in these institutions. Objective: To analyze the epidemiological profile of patients with prostate cancer being followed up in the Oncology Care Network (OCN) of a state in southeastern Brazil. Method: Descriptive hospital-based study. Secondary data were obtained via tumor registration forms from the HCR of the entire State OCN (2000-2020). The sample was stratified between analytical and non-analytical cases and the groups compared using Student’s t-test and Pearson’s chi-square test. Additionally, a binary logistic regression was conducted. Results: We retrieved 13,519 records of prostate neoplasms from 2000-2020, where 9,838 were analytical cases and 3,681 were non-analytical. The present historical series showed an increasing trend (p<0.001). The mean age of patients was 69 years. In addition, 67.91% were referred by the SUS, 95.74% had only one primary tumor, and the tumor was classified as adenocarcinoma in 98% of the records. The first treatment received at the hospital was surgery in 23.68%, followed by hormone therapy in 21.01% of the cases. The variables ‘source of referral’ (X²(1)=18.27;p<0.001) and ‘previous diagnosis and treatment’ (X²(3)=1516.83;p<0.001) were predictors for the variable ‘type of case’ (analytical and non-analytical). Conclusion: There was a growing trend in the number of prostate cancer cases over the years in the state, with a tropism for elderly, married men with low educational levels and non-analytical cases. |
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