Cancer Expenditures and Mortality Trends in Brazil: An Ecological Population‐Level Time‐Series Analysis, 2008–2023
Larissa Saldanha Fonseca, Leonardo Paredes Pires, Luciana Magalhães Rebelo Alencar, Eduardo Ricci‐Junior, Ralph Santos‐Oliveira · 2026
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Larissa Saldanha Fonseca and co-authors traced cancer spending and mortality in Brazil in a 2026 analysis covering 2008 to 2023. Brazil greatly expanded public cancer investment through its unified health system. Whether that spending brought population-level gains in outcomes was uncertain.
The team used national data on spending for female breast and prostate cancer, adjusted for inflation, beside age-standardised mortality. Spending rose substantially, above all after 2011, while mortality for both cancers changed little. Key policy milestones were mapped against the trends. The authors stress this is a system-level pattern, not proof about single treatments, and urge a strategy linking funds to early diagnosis and regional equity.
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| CREATOR | Larissa Saldanha Fonseca, Leonardo Paredes Pires, Luciana Magalhães Rebelo Alencar, Eduardo Ricci‐Junior, Ralph Santos‐Oliveira |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 50 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |