Department of Urology, University of the State of Para, Belem, Brazil
Review Article
Epidemiological Profile of the Main Amazonian Population: A Literature Review
Author(s): Bruna Martins Erdocia*
The Amazon region presents alarming risk factors for the development of cancer. The main focus of
this study was to evaluate the epidemiological profile of the main types of cancer in the Amazon
region between 2013 and 2020, being a bibliographic review in the databases pubmed, lilacs, scielo
and google scholar, with the descriptors "neoplasms", "cancer", "Amazon", "cancer" and "Amazonia",
including studies in English and Portuguese, with 34 articles. It was verified that the incidence of
cervical, breast, skin, prostate, gastric and lymphoproliferative neoplasms is very high among the
Amazonian population, emphasizing the importance of knowledge of these results by the health
services, to assist in the implementation of more strategic actions of attention to populations at risk in
the Amazon region in Brazil... View More»
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