Carlos Eduardo Goulart Silveira1, Edmundo C Mauad2. 1. Barretos Cancer Hospital, Rua Antenor Duarte 1331, Barretos, SP, Brazil cegsilveira@gmail.com. 2. Barretos Cancer Hospital, Rua Antenor Duarte 1331, Barretos, SP, Brazil edmundomauad@gmail.com.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: For the past 10 years, skin cancer has been the most frequent malignant neoplasm in Brazil and worldwide. Each year, there are more new cases of skin cancer than the combined incidence of cancers of the breast, prostate, lung and colon. There were an estimated 188 000 new cases of skin cancer in Brazil in 2016. The prevention department of Barretos Cancer Hospital (BCH) runs some prevention programs for cancer such as breast, prostate, cervical, oral, colon and skin cancers. The skin cancer prevention program comprises educational activities and medical assistance conducted at the hospital and at a mobile unit (MU). The objective of this study is to evaluate the use of the MU as part of a skin cancer prevention program, 10 years after the implementation of this prevention program, using an MU in remote areas of Brazil. METHODS: The database of the BCH was used. These data refer to data collected by the BCH Prevention MU. A total of 45 872 patients with suspected skin cancer were evaluated at the MU from 2004 to 2013. Of these, 8954 surgical procedures (excisions and/or biopsy) were performed. RESULTS: This study demonstrated a significant number of skin cancer cases diagnosed and treated by the MU. CONCLUSIONS: This study showed that the MU positively contributes to the early diagnosis and treatment of skin cancer among populations residing in remote areas of Brazil.
INTRODUCTION: For the past 10 years, skin cancer has been the most frequent malignant neoplasm in Brazil and worldwide. Each year, there are more new cases of skin cancer than the combined incidence of cancers of the breast, prostate, lung and colon. There were an estimated 188 000 new cases of skin cancer in Brazil in 2016. The prevention department of Barretos Cancer Hospital (BCH) runs some prevention programs for cancer such as breast, prostate, cervical, oral, colon and skin cancers. The skin cancer prevention program comprises educational activities and medical assistance conducted at the hospital and at a mobile unit (MU). The objective of this study is to evaluate the use of the MU as part of a skin cancer prevention program, 10 years after the implementation of this prevention program, using an MU in remote areas of Brazil. METHODS: The database of the BCH was used. These data refer to data collected by the BCH Prevention MU. A total of 45 872 patients with suspected skin cancer were evaluated at the MU from 2004 to 2013. Of these, 8954 surgical procedures (excisions and/or biopsy) were performed. RESULTS: This study demonstrated a significant number of skin cancer cases diagnosed and treated by the MU. CONCLUSIONS: This study showed that the MU positively contributes to the early diagnosis and treatment of skin cancer among populations residing in remote areas of Brazil.
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Keywords:
remote areas; screening; skin cancer; Brazil
Authors: Rodrigo Sampaio Chiarantano; Fabiana Lima Vazquez; Alexander Franco; Larissa Cristina Ferreira; Maraísa Cristina da Costa; Thais Talarico; Ângela Neves Oliveira; José Elias Miziara; Edmundo Carvalho Mauad; Eduardo Caetano da Silva; Luis Marcelo Ventura; Raphael Haikel Junior; Letícia Ferro Leal; Rui Manuel Reis Journal: Cancer Control Date: 2022 Jan-Dec Impact factor: 2.339