Survival analysis in breast cancer's women in Santa Catarina, south of Brazil

e22149 Background: Overall survival after breast cancer diagnosis is influenced by the characteristics study's group, the study's place and biological factors. The prognostic factors are directly related to the survival of women with breast cancer. The studies indicate that the incidence and survival of breast cancer are influenced by socioeconomic factors and demographics. Methods: Define overall survival in five-years and the associated factors with the prognosis of breast cancer's women in Santa Catarina, Brazil. This is a historic cohort study, with data from diagnoses from January 2000 to December 2002 from Registro Hospitalar de Câncer of the Centro de Pesquisas Oncologicas, SC and the Hospital de Caridade, both in south Brazil, and complemented with data from the Mortality Information System until December 2007. The time of survival was calculated as the range of the date of diagnosis (biopsy or surgery) until the date of death or end of monitoring (5 years). The survival curves were estimated by t...