ArticleEpidemiologia e servicos de saude : revista do Sistema Unico de Saude do Brasil2023
Evaluation of breast cancer screening indicators in the female population using the National Health System, Brazil, 2018-2019: a descriptive study.
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- Developing and validating key performance indicators for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening programs: a literature review and Delphi survey.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Barriers and facilitators of the implementation of mammography screening in the Brazilian public health system: scoping review.BMC public health · 2025Article
- BI-RADS application for breast cancer screening in primary healthcare settings: assessing protocol adherence and diagnostic validity.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Article
- Subsequent mammography reduces recall and increases breast cancer detection: an audit of a screening program.Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia · 2025Article
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Abstract
objetiveto analyze breast cancer screening monitoring indicators in the female population using the Brazilian National Health System, from 2018 to 2019.
methodsthis was a descriptive study based on Cancer Information System (SISCAN) data; screening indicators were calculated following deterministic linkage of the mammography and histopathology databases.
resultsin 2018, 807,430 women aged 50 to 69 years were screened for breast cancer, 91% of whom had a benign result, 1.8% probably benign, 6.7% inconclusive results and 0.5% results suggestive of cancer; the positive mammogram rate was 9.0%; biopsy was estimated to be indicated for 1.6% of the women, 33.9% of whom had a malignant result, and the cancer confirmation rate was 5.4 per 1,000 women.
conclusionhigh benign lesion loss to follow-up was identified; the positive mammogram rate was lower than the international parameter, but the cancer detection rate was adequate and the percentage of inconclusive mammograms was acceptable.
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