E ELAPSED TIME FROM THE FIRST OUTPATIENT VISIT TO THE DEFINITIVE TMENT IN BREAST CANCER CASES 0F PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM IN THE CITY 0F JUNDIAÍ
Keywords:
Breast cancer, Diagnosis, Public HealthcareAbstract
The study aimed to evaluate the elapsed time from the first outpatient visit in the
Health Basic Units to the surgical treatment of breast câncer in the Mastology Department, in Jundiaí, southeastern Brazil. The study included the evaluation of eighty new
cases of breast câncer that were diagnosed in 2004 retrospectively and treated in the Mastology Department of Jundiaí Public Healthcare, with analysis of the number of
time elapsed with the first outpatient visit in HBU, the execution of mammography and
ultrasonography (if necessary), biopsy and definitive surgical treatment through medicai
records, computerized data or interview. It was found that the mean time from the first
outpatient visit to the surgical treatment was 270 days. The bigger elapsed time between
the biopsy execution and the definitive surgery was about 79 days. The mammography
scheduling took about two months, and one month more to conduct the schedule to the
specialized sector. The results ratify the need of better function in Public Health System
in order to make the fiow chart service more agile, reducing the time between the breast
câncer diagnosis and treatment, improving in that way the disease prognosis.
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