Perfil epidemiológico do câncer testicular em um hospital geral

Abstract

Introduction: Testicular tumors account for about 5% of urologic neoplasms and 1.5% of cancers in men. The diagnosis of this pathology has been permeating an upward transition, and in Brazil, no research has yet been done on the new cases. Objective: To investigate, from August 2002 to July 2017, the prevalence of seminomatous and non-seminomatous testicular cancer in a General Hospital, to characterize a sample of patients with testicular neoplasm, to compare the prevalence of histological subtypes found in the service with those of general population and to verify the distributions of testicular tumor according to the characteristics of the patients. Metgodology: This is a cross-sectional study. It will be held between August 1, 2018 and July 31, 2019 at the Pathology Institute of Passo Fundo (IPPF) in the city of Passo Fundo, RS. The anatomopathological reports will be used as a database. Results: A total of 251 patients were analyzed. A prevalence of 58.96% (148 patients) of seminomatous testicular cancer and 10.36% (26 patients) of non-seminomatous testicular cancer was obtained. The majority of patients with testicular cancer were diagnosed in the 0-45 years age group, and most of them were staged in T1 or T2, corroborating the data available in the literature Conclusion: A prevalence of Germ Cell and Non-Germ Cell Tumors is similar to the data found in the literature considered here. In addition to showing that the age group with the highest diagnosis rate is between 0 and 45 years, similarly to the literature.