EVOLUÇÃO DA PREVALÊNCIA DE MAMOGRAFIAS ALTERADAS, CLASSIFICADAS COMO BI-RADS CATEGORIAS 4 E 5, DOS ANOS DE 2014 A 2023 NO BRASIL

ABSTRACT The impact of breast cancer on a woman’s life goes beyond her physical health covering life as a whole, being the most prevalent type of cancer in women, it is also the one with the highest also the one with the highest cancer mortality rate among women in Brazil (1,2). Therefore, it is a subject of great relevance to the population, which needs to be studied and deepened so that improvements in control and screening can be implemented and consequently people can be diagnosed and treated with greater. Thus, so that the research and data on breast cancer screening are operationalized were developed indexes related to the control of this disease, being control of this disease, one of which refers to the prevalence of altered mammograms, which can be analyzed in the scope of screening mammograms screening. This research verified the trend of evolution of the prevalence of mammograms with evidence of classified breast alterations classified as BI-RADS 4 and 5, over the years 2014 to 2023, taking as a database the survey in DATASUS – Department of Informatics of the Unified Health System in the Cancer Information System – SISCAN, the Ministry of Health of Brazil. KEYWORDS: Women’s health; Breast cancer; Mammography; Prevalence.