ABSTRACT
This study aimed to investigate the association between mortality of breast cancer women and the social-demographic and clinical characteristics. During the mortality study of 1,086 women diagnosed with breast cancer and treated from 2000 to 2005 at a cancer hospital in the city of Vitória, Espírito Santo, medical records and tumor registration cards were controlled. The Mortality Information System and the Reclink program were used to identify 280 deaths. Patients were classified under death and non-death, and variables percentages were calculated. For variables that showed statistical significance, considering the level of 0.10, the crude and adjusted odds ratio (OR) were calculated by logistic regression model. There was a correlation between mortality and the following variables: women coming from the Unified Health System (p = 0.014; OR = 2.38), negative c-erb B-2 tumor marker (p = 0.027; OR = 2.03), advanced (III and IV) staging (p = 0.001; OR = 6.89 and OR = 17.13, respectively), presence of metastasis (p = 0.001; OR = 18.23) and recurrence (p = 0.010; OR = 3.53). Mortality associated with staging underlines the necessity of warning the population about the benefits of early diagnosis of the disease of cancer.
O estudo teve como objetivo verificar a associação entre a mortalidade de mulheres com câncer de mama e as características sociodemográficas e clínicas. No estudo de mortalidade de dados secundários de 1.086 mulheres diagnosticadas com câncer de mama, atendidas entre os anos 2000 e 2005 em hospital referência em oncologia na cidade de Vitória, Espírito Santo, houve coleta aos prontuários e às fichas de registro de tumor. Foi utilizado o Sistema de Informação sobre Mortalidade e o programa Reclink versão 3.1.6.3160 para identificar 280 óbitos. As pacientes foram estratificadas nas categorias óbito e não óbito e foram calculados os percentuais das variáveis do estudo. Para as variáveis do estudo que apresentaram significância estatística, considerando o nível de 0,10, foram calculados os odds ratio (OR) brutos e ajustados pelo modelo de regressão logística. Houve associação entre mortalidade e as variáveis: encaminhamento procedente do Sistema Único de Saúde (p = 0,014; OR = 2,38), marcador tumoral cerb B negativo (p = 0,027; OR = 2,03), estadiamento III e IV (p = 0,001; OR = 6,89 e OR = 17,13, respectivamente), metástase (p = 0,001; OR = 18,23) e recidiva (p = 0,010; OR = 3,53). A mortalidade associada ao estadiamento ratifica a necessidade da conscientização da população sobre o diagnóstico precoce da doença.
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Adult , Aged , Female , Humans , Middle Aged , Breast Neoplasms/mortality , Brazil , Cancer Care FacilitiesABSTRACT
This study aimed to investigate the association between mortality of breast cancer women and the social-demographic and clinical characteristics. During the mortality study of 1,086 women diagnosed with breast cancer and treated from 2000 to 2005 at a cancer hospital in the city of Vitória, Espírito Santo, medical records and tumor registration cards were controlled. The Mortality Information System and the Reclink program were used to identify 280 deaths. Patients were classified under death and non-death, and variables percentages were calculated. For variables that showed statistical significance, considering the level of 0.10, the crude and adjusted odds ratio (OR) were calculated by logistic regression model. There was a correlation between mortality and the following variables: women coming from the Unified Health System (p = 0.014; OR = 2.38), negative c-erb B-2 tumor marker (p = 0.027; OR = 2.03), advanced (III and IV) staging (p = 0.001; OR = 6.89 and OR = 17.13, respectively), presence of metastasis (p = 0.001; OR = 18.23) and recurrence (p = 0.010; OR = 3.53). Mortality associated with staging underlines the necessity of warning the population about the benefits of early diagnosis of the disease of cancer.