Panorama atual do câncer de boca na região nordeste do Brasil: de 2015 a 2020 / Current panorama of oral cancer in the northeast region of Brazil: from 2015 to 2020 / Panorama actual del cáncer bucal en la región nordeste de Brasil: de 2015 a 2020
to describe the current panorama of oral cancer in the Northeast region, with emphasis on the mortality rate between men and women, from 2015 to 2020.
Method:
This is a descriptive, retrospective study, which analyzed data over the years from 2015 to 2020 on the DATASUS website (TABNET).
Results:
A higher prevalence was observed in men and yet a slight increase in cases among women, who currently have greater contact with risk factors.
Conclusion:
The study found that oral cancer is more common in men than in women, both in Brazil (with a difference between men and women of 11,363 cases) and in the Northeast (with a difference of 2,363 cases). Mortality rates have been decreasing in males and females, in Brazil and in the Northeast (mainly between 2019 and 2020)
se trata de un estudio descriptivo, retrospectivo, que analizó datos a lo largo de los años de 2015 a 2020. 2020 2020 en el sitio web de DATASUS (TABNET).
El estudio encontró que el cáncer oral es más común en hombres que en mujeres, tanto en Brasil (con una diferencia entre hombres y mujeres de 11.363 casos) como en el Nordeste (con una diferencia de 2.363 casos). Las tasas de mortalidad han ido disminuyendo en hombres y mujeres, en Brasil y en el Nordeste (principalmente entre 2019 y 2020).