Hospital admissions, outpatient PSA testing, and healthcare costs related to prostate cancer increased in Brazil, alongside persistent regional and socioeconomic inequalities, which highlight the need to expand access to diagnosis and promote equity in cancer care.
Changing magnitude and sociodemographic and territorial inequalities reveal changing magnitude and sociodemographic and territorial inequalities, supporting cause-specific prevention, timely diagnosis, comprehensive care, and improved mortality information.
Neoplasm mortality increased markedly in Brazil, reflecting population aging, epidemiological transition, regional inequalities, and the need to strengthen prevention, screening, early diagnosis, oncology care, surveillance, equity, and health information.
Cancer mortality in Alagoas is increasing steadily, characterized by premature deaths, geographic concentration, and care displacement, and decentralizing the oncology network, expanding screening for preventable tumors, and strengthening home palliative care are priority actions to reduce mortality.
The study revealed both advances and persistent gaps in oral cancer care in Ceará, underscoring the need for a specific observatory to improve monitoring and ensure comprehensive oncological care.
RCC mortality in Brazil demonstrates age- and region-specific heterogeneity at the population level, and surgical data reveal persistent disparities in access to oncological surgical treatment within the public sector.
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