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Kidney cancer and the factors that lead to higher mortality from this neoplasm in Brazil

Resumo

Kidney cancer is also known as hypernephroma or renal adenocarcinoma. The most frequent is clear cell renal cancer, accounting for 85% of diagnosed tumors. Kidney cancer is the third most frequent cancer of the genitourinary system and represents approximately 3% of malignant diseases in adults. Approximately 54% of kidneys tumors diagnosed today are confined to the kidney, 20% are locally advanced (affecting regional ganglia close to the kidney) and 25% already present metastases of the disease, mainly to the lungs, liver and bones. This is a descriptive cross-sectional study with secondary data from the national database, DATASUS. For the analysis, data were collected from the years 2015 to 2020, with stratification by age group, gender and color/race. Subsequently, they were cross-referenced with population estimates to calculate mortality rates. Throughout the period, mortality prevailed in the age group from 60 to 69 years old, with an average of 20,880 deaths during the period from 2015 to 2020. When evaluating the period 2019 and 2020, the same age group prevalence was still observed, with no significant growth in the death rate in this age range. Regarding the race, the most prevalent was the white race, with 56.66% more prevalent in the white race than in the brown race and 90.79% more than in the black race. When comparing gender, males present more deaths than females, about 40.02% higher. Therefore, in view of what was highlighted, one can contemplate the main factors that condition a higher mortality resulting from Renal Cancer. Thus, it is important to develop public policies aimed at health promotion and prevention aimed at this pathology, leading to a better quality of life.