The increasing burden of pancreatic cancer in Brazil from 2000 to 2019: estimates from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.
Diogo Oliveira ChavesAline Cândida BastosAlessandra Maciel AlmeidaMaximiliano Ribeiro GuerraMaria Teresa Bustamante TeixeiraAna Paula Souto MeloValéria Maria de Azeredo PassosPublished in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (2022)
The increasing burden of pancreatic cancer in the studied countries, and the higher estimates for the elderly in a fast-aging country such as Brazil, indicates that more resources and health policies will be necessary. The greatest increase in the states with lower SDI reflects inequalities in the access to diagnosis and registries of this cancer.