Breast cancer: case reports and diagnostic criteria

Authors

  • José Geraldo de Alencar Santos Júnior Faculdade Vale do Salgado-Icó
  • Ivonete Aparecida Alves Sampaio Secretaria de Saúde Juazeiro do Norte-CE
  • Polyana Amorim Cruz Nascimento Professora da Faculdade de Medicina Estácio Juazeiro do Norte-CE
  • Ana Bruna Macêdo Matos Enfermeira Hospital e Maternidade São Lucas, Juazeiro do Norte-CE
  • Sáskia Thamyles Bezerra Coutinho
  • Audrey Taveira de Souza Silva Centro profissionalizante ATS
  • José Wanderson Carvalho Noronha Centro profissionalizante ATS
  • João Pedro Viana Rodrigues Universidade Federal do Ceará - UFC
  • Thamara Caroline Cardoso Melo Centro Universitário Leão Sampaio

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17058/reci.v1i1.9048

Abstract

Objectives: The objective of the study was to show which of the diagnostic criteria of breast cancer. Case study: M.S.S., 83 years old, female, from the city of Juazeiro do Norte / CE, single, retired by age, nulliparous, diabetic and Alzheimer's. After feeling a severe pain in the breast and a lot of headache, it was taken to the doctor mastologist for a consultation. Upon examination, the doctor diagnosed a lump in the right breast, then requested a mammogram and a breast ultrasound urgently. When looking at the exams, the doctor found that it had a nodule on the right breast, type BI-RADS six, and from the result, asked for some laboratory tests, such as: complete blood count, cytology and a total abdominal ultrasound. Conclusion: According to the analysis of the afore mentioned studies it is seen that there is a need for much more specific criteria, such as faster and more accurate laboratory markers for breast cancer. A task force of Brazilian public policies for the fight against cancer that affects thousands of women in Brazil, a health system more unified and with quality would represent a decrease in the incidence of breast cancer in advanced stages.

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Author Biographies

  • José Geraldo de Alencar Santos Júnior, Faculdade Vale do Salgado-Icó
    Professor universitário Biomédico Mestre em Biotecnologia - UECE Especialista em Hematologia - UNILEÃO
  • Ivonete Aparecida Alves Sampaio, Secretaria de Saúde Juazeiro do Norte-CE
    Enfermeira na UBS em Secretaria de Saúde Juazeiro do Norte-CE e Coordenadora de curso técnico Mestranda em Gestão em Saúde - UECE
  • Polyana Amorim Cruz Nascimento, Professora da Faculdade de Medicina Estácio Juazeiro do Norte-CE
    Enfermeira Mestranda em Gestão em Saúde - UECE
  • Ana Bruna Macêdo Matos, Enfermeira Hospital e Maternidade São Lucas, Juazeiro do Norte-CE
    Enfermeira Mestranda em Gestão em Saúde - UECE Professora
  • Sáskia Thamyles Bezerra Coutinho
    Enfermeira Especialista em Nefrologia Mestranda em Inovação e Tecnologia em Enfermagem
  • Audrey Taveira de Souza Silva, Centro profissionalizante ATS
    Enfermeira
  • José Wanderson Carvalho Noronha, Centro profissionalizante ATS
    Enfermeiro e especialista em saúde mental
  • João Pedro Viana Rodrigues, Universidade Federal do Ceará - UFC
    Acadêmico em Biotecnologia
  • Thamara Caroline Cardoso Melo, Centro Universitário Leão Sampaio
    Acadêmica de Psicologia

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Published

2018-01-02

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 1 (2018)

Section

CASE REPORT

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How to Cite

Santos Júnior, J. G. de A., Sampaio, I. A. A., Nascimento, P. A. C., Matos, A. B. M., Coutinho, S. T. B., Silva, A. T. de S., Noronha, J. W. C., Rodrigues, J. P. V., & Melo, T. C. C. (2018). Breast cancer: case reports and diagnostic criteria. Revista De Epidemiologia E Controle De Infecção, 8(1), 101-103. https://doi.org/10.17058/reci.v1i1.9048