CLINICAL AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PROFILE OF PATIENTS WITH CERVICAL CANCER AT A UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN PERNAMBUCO (2009-2018)

Abstract

The study aims to delimit a clinical and epidemiological profile of cervical cancer cases in patients residing in the state of Pernambuco between 2009 and 2018. This is a descriptive, retrospective, documental and quantitative study. It was observed that of the 775 patients, the median age was 40 years, most of the women declared themselves to be brown (61.8%), had not completed elementary school (31.4%), were from the metropolitan region of Recife (57.7%), had never consumed alcoholic beverages (46.3%), had never consumed tobacco (45.2%) and the marital status of the majority at the time of filling out the form was single (43.1%). Approximately 110 (14.2%) died. The most prevalent histological types of primary cervical cancer tumor were grade 3 cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (53%), squamous cell carcinoma (34.6%), and adenocarcinoma (3.2%). It was concluded that most of the women were from the metropolitan region of Recife, approximately 40 years old, single, brown and who had not completed elementary school, with a higher probability of being diagnosed with cervical cancer and evolving to death.