Atenção ao câncer de mama a partir da suspeita na atenção primária à saúde nos municípios de São Paulo e Campinas, Brasil/Breast cancer care from a suspected case detected in primary health care in São Paulo and Campinas, Brazil

Resumo

We aimed to identify factors that interfere in breast cancer (BC) suspected cases detected in Primary Health Care (PHC) that drive the referral to Specialized Care (SC) Sao Paulo and Campinas, Brazil. We interviewed 664 women (353 from Sao Paulo and 311 from Campinas) diagnosed with BC, referred to SC from PHC. Multilevel logistic regression analysis was used to the identification of associations between BC suspected cases by PHC and the socioeconomic and cancer care variables. The following showed a significant association: higher schooling level (OR = 0.59