Author(s)

Catharina Ferrari Salgado Fernandes, Helena Torres Passos, Izabela Cristina Ferreira, Marina Coelho de Paulo, Raquel Alencar Sampaio Ferraz, Filomena Aste Silveira, João Alfredo Seixas, Daniel Almeida da Costa

Faculty of Medicine of Valença, UNIFAA, Valença, Brazil.

Breast neoplasms are the main oncological pathology in Gynecology and Obstetrics, with increasing rates of incidence and mortality in the female population. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 1 million new cases of breast cancer are diagnosed worldwide every year. This study aims to understand and analyze the epidemiological profile of patients diagnosed with breast cancer in the last nine years in the city of Valença—RJ, Brazil. A descriptive, documentary-retrospective analysis was carried out from January 2009 to December 2017, on 96 records of women who underwent breast biopsy at the Escola Escola de Valença (HEV), referred by the HEV Gynecology outpatient clinic. The results compared the variables age, race, parity, alcoholism, smoking, comorbidities, histological type, family history and screening performed with the scenario of breast cancer in the world, concluding that it is essential to identify patients at risk development of breast cancer to guide prevention, screening and early detection of pathology. The cases in the municipality are similar to other studies in relation to smoking, alcohol consumption, associated comorbidities, histological type and family history. However, the prevalence in younger people stands out, as well as the high percentage of women who have not had previous screening, which highlights the importance of the development and spread of women’s health in this city in the south of the state.

Breast Neoplasia, Epidemiological Profile, Comorbidity

Fernandes, C. , Passos, H. , Ferreira, I. , de Paulo, M. , Ferraz, R. , Silveira, F. , Seixas, J. and da Costa, D. (2020) Epidemiological Profile of Breast Neoplasia in the Municipality of Valença (RJ Brazil): Study from 2009 to 2017. Journal of Biosciences and Medicines, 8, 179-187. doi: 10.4236/jbm.2020.86017.