PERFIL EPIDEMIOLÓGICO DA ANEMIA EM PACIENTES PORTADORES DE CÂNCER DE PRÓSTATA EM GOIÂNIA - GOIÁS

Abstract

This paper is based on the environmental factors influence on disease development, especially cancer and, more specifically, prostate cancer and anemia and the prevalence of anemia in patients suffering from prostate cancer was studied, relating the presence of anemia with the applied treatment to control the disease, the presence of metastasis and the time since diagnosis. The present research is a retrospective and descriptive analytical study of a transverse section of all patients from HEMOLABOR clinical oncology outpatient service, situated in Goiânia, Goiás, from August/2007 to April/2008, in which data related to time, disease-stage and treatment at the time of evaluation was analyzed. The results were submitted to statistical treatment utilizing Chi-square Test, Risk Evaluation and Multivariate Analysis, and also basic statistics. The prevalence of anemia occurred in 50% of the patients and it was correlated to the presence of bone metastasis, the disease in activity and chemotherapy usage, in addition to a weak correlation with orchiectomy and no relation to time since diagnosis. The data collected partially validate the data from the literature, with a smaller than expected prevalence, which is probably related to the kind of hormonal treatment.