Impact of referral source on diagnosis and treatment of oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer in Brazil: a nationwide hospital cancer registry-based study
Matheus de Abreu, Yuri de Lima Medeiros, Carolina Frandsen Pereira da Costa, Fábio Abreu Alves, Luiz Paulo Kowalski, Maria Paula Curado · 2026
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Description
Matheus de Abreu and co-authors ask if the door a patient enters by shapes cancer care in Brazil. Most people in the land rely on the public health system, while a smaller share holds private cover. Their 2026 study uses a national hospital cancer registry from 2010 to 2022, with more than sixty thousand cases of mouth and throat cancer.
Referral source is known for just over forty thousand patients, and near nine in ten come through the public route. Late-stage disease shows up a bit more in public-route cases than in insured ones. Men, younger adults, and non-White patients make up a larger share of the public group. Gaps in wait time and outcomes by route are also weighed, giving planners a map of where the public path lags.
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| CREATOR | Matheus de Abreu, Yuri de Lima Medeiros, Carolina Frandsen Pereira da Costa, Fábio Abreu Alves, Luiz Paulo Kowalski, Maria Paula Curado |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 34 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |