Clinical and sociodemographic profile of patients with cutaneous melanoma attended at an oncology referral hospital in Florianópolis between 2013 and 2017
Introduction: Cutaneous melanoma is the most lethal skin cancer and its incidence has significantly increased in recent years. In particular, Florianópolis is the Brazilian capital with the highest incidence of the disease. Objective: To investigate the clinical...
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| author | Matheus Beltrami Silveira Tamise da Silva Baptista Fabiana Oenning da-Gama Andressa Moretti Izidoro |
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| description | Introduction: Cutaneous melanoma is the most lethal skin cancer and its incidence has significantly increased in recent years. In particular, Florianópolis is the Brazilian capital with the highest incidence of the disease.
Objective: To investigate the clinical and sociodemographic profile of patients with cutaneous melanoma treated at a public oncology referral hospital in Florianópolis from 2013 to 2017.
Methods: This is a descriptive and cross-sectional study carried out at the Santa Catarina Oncology Research Center (Centro de Pesquisas Oncológicas - CEPON). It included 468 patients diagnosed with melanoma skin cancer (ICD-O, 3rd edition C44 - skin melanoma) evaluated between 2013 and 2017. Data collection was performed by accessing the hospital cancer registry and electronic and physical medical records. The data were plotted in a Windows Excel spreadsheet and analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software.
Results: There was a slight predominance of females, white-skinned, with a mean age of 54.3 years old at the time of diagnosis. The most prevalent primary tumor site was the trunk. Superficial spreading melanoma was the most frequent condition, and ulceration was absent in most cases. Clinical stage IV was the most common, and lungs and bronchi were the main metastasis sites. The most performed treatment was wide local excision and the most widely used systemic therapy was chemotherapy.
Conclusion: This study characterized the sociodemographic and clinical profile of patients diagnosed with cutaneous melanoma and treated at a referral hospital in the Brazilian capital with the highest skin cancer rates. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-439d83ff617340bbaf066d4b817efb062023-09-26T09:00:21ZengSociedade Brasileira de Oncologia Clínica, Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Clínica and Sociedade Brasileira de RadioterapiaBrazilian Journal of Oncology2526-87322022-10-01180010.5935/2526-8732.20200297Clinical and sociodemographic profile of patients with cutaneous melanoma attended at an oncology referral hospital in Florianópolis between 2013 and 2017Matheus Beltrami Silveira0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5542-1118Tamise da Silva Baptista1Fabiana Oenning da-Gama2Andressa Moretti Izidoro3Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina, Departamento de Medicina - Palhoça - Santa Catarina - BrazilUniversidade do Sul de Santa Catarina, Departamento de Medicina - Palhoça - Santa Catarina - BrazilUniversidade do Sul de Santa Catarina, Departamento de Medicina - Palhoça - Santa Catarina - BrazilCentro de Pesquisas Oncológicas, CEPON - Florianopolis - Santa Catarina - BrazilIntroduction: Cutaneous melanoma is the most lethal skin cancer and its incidence has significantly increased in recent years. In particular, Florianópolis is the Brazilian capital with the highest incidence of the disease. Objective: To investigate the clinical and sociodemographic profile of patients with cutaneous melanoma treated at a public oncology referral hospital in Florianópolis from 2013 to 2017. Methods: This is a descriptive and cross-sectional study carried out at the Santa Catarina Oncology Research Center (Centro de Pesquisas Oncológicas - CEPON). It included 468 patients diagnosed with melanoma skin cancer (ICD-O, 3rd edition C44 - skin melanoma) evaluated between 2013 and 2017. Data collection was performed by accessing the hospital cancer registry and electronic and physical medical records. The data were plotted in a Windows Excel spreadsheet and analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software. Results: There was a slight predominance of females, white-skinned, with a mean age of 54.3 years old at the time of diagnosis. The most prevalent primary tumor site was the trunk. Superficial spreading melanoma was the most frequent condition, and ulceration was absent in most cases. Clinical stage IV was the most common, and lungs and bronchi were the main metastasis sites. The most performed treatment was wide local excision and the most widely used systemic therapy was chemotherapy. Conclusion: This study characterized the sociodemographic and clinical profile of patients diagnosed with cutaneous melanoma and treated at a referral hospital in the Brazilian capital with the highest skin cancer rates.https://www.brazilianjournalofoncology.com.br/details/186/en-US/clinical-and-sociodemographic-profile-of-patients-with-cutaneous-melanoma-attended-at-an-oncology-referral-hospital-in-florianopolis-between-2013-and-melanomaskin neoplasmshealth profile |
| spellingShingle | Matheus Beltrami Silveira Tamise da Silva Baptista Fabiana Oenning da-Gama Andressa Moretti Izidoro Clinical and sociodemographic profile of patients with cutaneous melanoma attended at an oncology referral hospital in Florianópolis between 2013 and 2017 Brazilian Journal of Oncology melanoma skin neoplasms health profile |
| title | Clinical and sociodemographic profile of patients with cutaneous melanoma attended at an oncology referral hospital in Florianópolis between 2013 and 2017 |
| title_full | Clinical and sociodemographic profile of patients with cutaneous melanoma attended at an oncology referral hospital in Florianópolis between 2013 and 2017 |
| title_fullStr | Clinical and sociodemographic profile of patients with cutaneous melanoma attended at an oncology referral hospital in Florianópolis between 2013 and 2017 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Clinical and sociodemographic profile of patients with cutaneous melanoma attended at an oncology referral hospital in Florianópolis between 2013 and 2017 |
| title_short | Clinical and sociodemographic profile of patients with cutaneous melanoma attended at an oncology referral hospital in Florianópolis between 2013 and 2017 |
| title_sort | clinical and sociodemographic profile of patients with cutaneous melanoma attended at an oncology referral hospital in florianopolis between 2013 and 2017 |
| topic | melanoma skin neoplasms health profile |
| url | https://www.brazilianjournalofoncology.com.br/details/186/en-US/clinical-and-sociodemographic-profile-of-patients-with-cutaneous-melanoma-attended-at-an-oncology-referral-hospital-in-florianopolis-between-2013-and- |
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