Factors Associated with Mortality in Patients with Gastric Cancer at a Reference Hospital

• Published in: Asian Pacific journal of cancer care Vol. 4; no. 3; pp. 65 - 70
• Main Authors: Arruda Aragão, Francisca Bruna, Bastos dos Santos, Gerusinete Rodrigues, Da Silva Brasil, Gabrielle Vieira, Carvalho Campelo, Bruno, Coelho Galvão, Ana Patrícia Fonseca, Dos Santos Pereira, Joelmara Furtados, Vasques, Rodrigo Rodrigues, De Figueiredo, Fábio Vidal, Dos Santos de Oliveira, Ana Mônica Abreu, Diniz Pinho, Jaqueline, Lopes da Silva, Rodrigo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention 01.05.2019
• Subjects: gastric neoplasms- mortality- medical records
• ISSN: 2588-3682; 2588-3682
• DOI: 10.31557/apjcc.2019.4.3.65-70

Background: Gastric cancer (GC) is the second cause of death by tumor in the world. In Brazil, the survival rate of patients with GC is only five years, due to the low rates of early diagnosis, with about 10 to 15% of the cases. Thus, this study aims to evaluate the factors associated with mortality in CG patients treated at a reference hospital. Method: The study was carried out based on the survey of 96 medical records of patients diagnosed with GC, whose analyzed data were: sex, age, educational level, occupation (socioeconomic level), and risk factors, such as smoking, alcohol consumption, family history of cancer, staging and type of treatment adopted, among other variables. Statistical analysis was performed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS-PC) and Kaplan-Meier for survival analysis. Absolute and relative frequencies were calculated for all variables. Results: The sample consisted mainly of male patients with stable union, brown-colored, who lived in the metropolitan region and presented low schooling. In addition, risk factors such as smoking and alcoholism presented a high prevalence in the sample. Regarding mortality, factors such as arterial hypertension (p = 0.1581), diabetes (p = 0.3212), and alcohol consumption (p = 0.6704) were not associated with increased mortality in this study.Conclusion: The clinical and epidemiological profile of patients with GC presented a low degree of tumor differentiation, with predominance of the mixed or unclassifiable subtype. In addition, the majority of the sample was composed of patients living in the metropolitan region and the main form of treatment adopted was surgical intervention in combination with chemotherapy.