Prevalence of Skin Cancer cases in the state of Rio Grande do Sul

Abstract

Introduction: The skin cancer is a two most prevalent in Brazil.

Objective: to assess the prevalence of skin cancer in the 9th Coordination of Health of the State of Rio Grande do Sul.

Materials and Methods: It is a retrospective study, and the datas were obtained from the data bank of a laboratory located in the region, no period from August 2018 to August 2019.

Results: The 4,031 examinations carried in the laboratory hair, 266 were from skin cancer, corresponding to 6.6% the cases. A prevalence of cases of nonmelanoma skin cancer was of 6% and melanoma was 0.52% in the entire region. Among the cases of skin cancer, 91% were non-melanoma type, being 72% basal cell carcinoma and 19% spin cell carcinoma type. Melanoma type corresponds to 9%. The greater prevalence was in the female sex.

Conclusion: It is concluded that the type of nom-melanoma is the most frequent in the region, however, the prevalence of melanoma should be considered important. Despite the existence of photoeducation actions in all or country, they must be intensified in order to prevent the occurrence of this type of cancer.