Local
Área Exposição Pôster - 3º andar
Dia / Horário
8-nov.
/
10:15 - 10:45 / 16:15 - 16:45
Autor Responsável
Letícia Bezerra de Almeida
Tema
Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Tumors (Stomach, Esophagus, Pancreas, Liver, Biliary Tract, Duodenum)
Forma de apresetação
Pôster
Autores
Letícia Bezerra de Almeida , Arthur Nóbrega Rodrigues de Lima , Henrique Fialho Carneiro Braga Costa , Bruno Varela Fernandes , Matheus Henrique Marinho de Gouveia , Hiago de Freitas Macedo , Larissa de Pontes Costa Abreu , Carla Vitória Brito dos Santos , Paulo Vinícios Morais Alexandre , Bright Owusu Ansah , Emanuella Maria Batista da Motta Pessoa , Kaline Kezia Piragibe Souto , Sywldson Marllon de Santana Moura , Isadora de Meira Melo , Catarina Ramalho dos Santos , Giulia Di Cedico Paranhos , Vicente Castor Brito , Lucas Brito Maracajá , Larissa Calixto Hespanhol , Giulia Carvalhal , Gabriela Gonçalves de Medeiros Dela Bianca , Sofia Fernandes Silva , Lorena Galvão de Oliveira , Gisele dos Santos Rodrigues , Marjorie Karla Medeiros Menezes , Lívia Monteiro Marques Morais , Virna Araújo Moreira da Nóbrega
Instituições dos autores (EM ordem)
Universidade Federal de Campina Grande , UFCG , UFCG , UFCG , UFCG , UFCG , UFCG , UFCG , UFCG , UFCG , UFCG , UFCG , UFCG , UFCG , UFCG , UFCG , UFCG , UFCG , UFCG , UFCG , UNIFACISA , UFCG , UFCG , UFCG , UFCG , UFCG , UFCG
Resumo
Introduction: Stomach cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer mortality worldwide, with a significant impact in Brazil. This cancer is often diagnosed in advanced stages, which makes epidemiological studies essential to identify risk groups and guide public health strategies. Objective: This study aims to analyze the stomach cancer hospital epidemiology in Paraíba and to compare the regional data, comparing it with the national (Brazil) data from 2014 to 2024. Method: We performed a retrospective epidemiology analysis evaluating stomach cancer hospitalizations in Paraíba compared to Brazil between June 2014 and June 2024. Data was collected from DATASUS database, the largest publicly available healthcare database in the Brazil. Records were: age; race; character of care and morbidity. Results: A total of 8,514,365 hospitalizations for malignant neoplasms of stomach cancer were recorded in Brazil, representing 3.5% of hospitalizations for neoplasms in the period studied. While in Paraíba, 4.2% of hospitalizations for neoplasm are from stomach cancer. In Paraíba, the elderly population was the most affected, accounting for 56.9% of hospitalizations, followed by adults with 42.6%. For race, most were non-white responsible for 83.1% of hospitalizations. In addition, we found a significant difference in hospital admission reasons in Paraiba, with 30.9% being elective and 69.1% urgent. Conclusion: We found that stomach cancer is responsible for a significant proportion of hospitalizations for neoplasms in Brazil, especially in Paraíba. Health policies should take it account the higher stomach cancer prevalence in the elderly and non-white populations. Moreover, the high number of emergency versus elective hospital admissions points to the importance of early diagnosis and preventive actions.