Estilo de vida: tabagismo e etilismo de mulheres com câncer de mama

Abstract

Breast cancer in the female population is a worldwide public health problem due to the high number of new cases. Possessing several risk factors as possible causes, among them are the family history and the habits of living smoker and alcohol. The objective of this study was to identify the association between age and lifestyle habits smoking and alcoholism as a risk factor for breast cancer in the female population. This is a descriptive and documentary study. Held at the mastology outpatient clinic of the Maternity School Assis Chateaubriand (MEAC). The study is a cross-section of a sample of 600 medical records of patients with various cancers that were treated in the MEAC in the period from 2013 to 2015, of which 219 referred to breast cancer and 82 corresponded to the sample of this study. Inclusion criteria were: all women diagnosed with breast cancer, for the first time, over 18 years of age in the period from 2013 to 2015 and who used alcohol and tobacco. The data were analyzed by the statistical program SPSS version 22.0. Frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation calculations were performed, and the value of p <0.05 was adopted as statistically significant. The results were: smoking (69.5%), alcoholism (14.6%), smoking and alcoholism (15.9%). With an average age of 56.92 years. It was observed that the age-associated age group with smoking, alcoholism and both habits was from 51 to 70 years, presenting the highest frequency in the three variables. It was concluded that smoking and alcoholism are indeed possible causes of breast cancer as well as family history. And that breast cancer usually reaches women with aggression over 50 years of age.