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Breast cancer: The epidemic may have left 4,000 cases undiagnosed in Brazil, the study says

Breast cancer: The epidemic may have left 4,000 cases undiagnosed in Brazil, the study says

  • Mariana Alvim -marianaalvim
  • BBC News Brazil in Sao Paulo

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With appropriate preventive care, such as wearing a mask, mammography screening should continue to be performed during a pandemic, for the indicated population – women between the ages of 50 and 69 years, in a two-year period.

Among the various diseases affected by the prevention and treatment of the coronavirus pandemic, it is the most common type of cancer in new cases and deaths of women in Brazil, after non-melanoma skin cancer: breast cancer.

One of the most important early detection measures for the disease is mammography for women between the ages of 50 and 69 years, who have been directly affected by the epidemic, as shown by upload Published in April in Revista de Saúde Pública.

The number of mammograms performed on the public network in this age group decreased by 42% in 2020 compared to the previous year, dropping from 1,948,471 in 2019 to 1,126,688 in the year the epidemic began.

The difference of 800,000 tests not performed last year should mean nearly 4,000 undiagnosed breast cancer cases in 2020, taking into account estimates of the disease detection rate on digital mammograms (an average of 5 cases detected per 1,000 scans) .