SUMMARY
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate a program of population tracing of breast cancer in
female population to the restricted in the programmatical area 3.1 of the city of Rio de
Janeiro. METHODOLOGY: By means of observacional inquiry in transversal
character of descriptive nature, had been analyzed retrospectives dices of the Social
Program “Saturday against the breast cancer“ (annex A)
carried through in Mário
Kröeff‘s hospital in partnership with Avon institute, in the interval of march of 2004 the
december of 2005, with purpose of investigate the prevalence of suspicion injuries in
assymptomatics women above 40 years, not registered in the Mário Kröeff’s hospital,
inhabitant in programmatical area AP3.1 and that they presented clinical examination
negative of the breasts, which were evidenced during the campaigns by the
mastology team of the proper hospital. It had been used for the examination, the
mammographs of the mark GE/Lorad model 3000 - the 1104, of North American
manufacture, with the routines incidences, in the cranio-caudal and medio-lateral
oblique views, for women with small or medium volume of breast. Some had needed
local radiological complementation with compression or magnifying of the suspicious
findings. The breasts had been, vigorously, compressed to spread the mammary
tissue. The results of these mammographies had been analyzed by the radiologists
of the clinical team of the Mário Kröeff’s hospital, who had used the BI-RADS®’s
radiological classification (ANNEX B), a system considered for the American College
of Radiology in 2003, and recommended for the Brazilian College of Radiology (by
means of the Commission of Control and Maintenance of the Quality in Mamografia).
RESULTS: Of the 5.642 invitations, 1.990 women had appeared for evaluation. The
age varied of 40 to 84 years old, being that 82.3% below of 60 years. The variables
that had analyzed the reproductive life, had not allowed any analysis of risk
association. In the same way, the use of hormonal spare therapy. Only 50.9% of the
patients had related to have previously been submitted to the mammography and
26.7% had told that they had never been submitted to a screening mammography or
any kind of tracking examination of breast deseases. The Unknowledge and the lack
of information on the technique of the auto-examination had been pointed in more
than the half of the patients. The suspicions injuries had been diagnosed in 20
confirmed mammographies and in 11 patients. The confirmed cases of malignancy
had been classified in initial periods of training. Twenty radiological expressions had
been detected with suspicion of malignancy in 1.630 enclosed assymptomatics
patients in the project. It was expressive the number of women who had never been
submitted to any form of tracking for the breast cancer. The difficulty of access, as
well as the lack of adequate information seems to be associates to low the frequency
of the tracking of mammary illnesses. The detected tumors if found in initial periods of
training of evolution, what it allowed less aggressive treatment. Without wanting to
make judgment of values, we believe that the mammographic tracing in women
above 50 years would allow to extend the capacity of detention of injuries suspicion,
since it has a bigger incidence in this year band of what in women below of it. Soon
the cost and the benefit of one program of stimulated mammographic tracing in the
feminine population above of 50 years if becomes great a attractive one in the level
of Brazilian public health, had the economy of resources. As well, the expenses in
chemotherapy and x-ray are well more onerous of what the maintenance of the
mammographs.
Key Words: Mammography. Precocious diagnosis. Cancer of breast. Health of the
Woman. Program of Health of the Family.