Causas do diagnóstico tardio do carcinoma epidermóide oral: revisão de literatura

Abstract

The malignant neoplasms are the second cause of death in Brazil. In the last years there has been an increase in the prevalence of squamous cell carcinoma. These data shows that it´s important to evaluate the factors causing late diagnosis in order to improve access to services and consequently increase patient survival. Th object of this research was to it the factors that most influence the late diagnosis of carcinoma. The data was extracted from the platforms PUBMED Central, Science Direct Intramed. Articles from the last fie years selected with complete free texts. It was observed that one of the main factors the contribute to late diagnosis is patient lack of knowledge about squamous cell carcinoma, underdiagnosis or incorrect diagnosis and socioeconomics factors, access to information and access to healthcare.