Risk factores associated the mortality of the cervical cancer in northeastern Brazil: a retrospective study

Background: Cervical cancer (CU) is the third most prevalent cancer in women worldwide and Pap smear is a simple, effective and inexpensive technology to modify the rates of prevention, prevalence, and mortality of CU and its precursor lesions. All lesions are curable in up to 100% of cases when treated early and adequately. Objective: Identify the profile of patients with Cervical Cancer, assisted at a Center for High Complexity in Oncology in Northeastern Brazil.Methods: It sought to find retrospective data from patients diagnosed with anatomopathological cervical cancer. Clinical data were obtained through the search of reports at Center for High Complexity in Oncology, where the following variables were considered: age, ethnicity, educational level, staging, family history of cancer, alcohol and cigarette consumption. Results: 3,235 cases were diagnosed. The patients' age was 47.5 years (± 12.8). There was a prevalence of yellow women, 1,312 (40.55%). Low schooling was observed in this sample. Staging II was present in 976 (30.17%) cases, followed by staging III in 962 (29.73%), 1,430 women (44.20%) were alcoholics, and 1,128 (34.87%) smoked. The percentage of mortality in the study years was 5.20%, 18.92%, 5.03%, 11.67%, 17.72%, 15.09% and 18.92%, respectively. Conclusions: the profile of uterine cancer is found in stages II and III. The sample consisted of women of low schooling, a known risk factor for the disease. In addition, the mortality rate has increased over the years, except in the year 2008.