Title
Cancer cases detected in the prevention and control service of a private cancer clinic in Peru
Date Issued
29 November 2019
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Revilla-López J.
Marquez L.C.
Weeks K.
Pollard S.
Olórtegui-Yzú A.
Ruiz-Velazco M.
Davila-Edquen A.
Castro-Dorer D.
Wong-Barrenechea J.
Abad-Seminario J.
Gonzáles-Ramos P.
Rivera-Sandoval F.
Carracedo-Gonzáles C.
Publisher(s)
BioMed Central Ltd.
Abstract
Purpose: Describe the characteristics of patients seen at the Cancer Prevention and Control Service at a Peruvian private cancer clinic in 2014. Patients and methods: This retrospective clinical study analyzed the prevalence of 10 cancers and characteristics of patients seen at a private cancer center located in Lima, Peru. The study sample included 7680 adults, and data were collected from de-identified medical records. Results: The average age of the patients was 44.71 years and 98,82% of them had private insurance. The majority of patients were women (67.69%). Our gross incidence rate of cancer was 35.16 per 100,000 in the Cancer Prevention and Control Service in 2014. Only 0.35% had cancer, and most of those diagnosed with cancer (77.78%) were diagnosed in the early stages, stages I and II. The two most common cancers observed were breast and thyroid cancer. Conclusions: The high rates of early, rather than late-stage diagnoses at this clinic are dramatically different than national rates. This difference may be because we are analyzing data from a prevention service seeing mainly patients with private insurance as opposed to national data, which consists primarily of patients seen in oncologic services with national insurance.
Volume
14
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Oncología Medicina clínica
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85075906566
Source
Infectious Agents and Cancer
ISSN of the container
17509378
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