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Brazil cancer burden, screening & treatment

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In early May 2026 São Paulo health data flagged ovarian cancer as a leading cause of female death and noted ongoing asthma problems in the Grande ABC area. A nationwide study later that month linked about 7,500 cancer deaths and 29,000 hospitalisations annually to human papillomavirus (HPV), mainly cervical cancer, while screening rates remained low. Brazil’s public HPV‑vaccination programme, in place since 2014 for children, adolescents and catch‑up cohorts, continued nationwide. By late June surveillance in Mato Grosso do Sul recorded a 20 % higher leukaemia incidence among men, prompting calls for routine blood‑test screening. Rio de Janeiro extended HPV vaccination to women treated for high‑grade cervical lesions, and a temporary catch‑up campaign for 15‑19‑year‑olds reached more than 21,000 youths in Rio Grande do Sul and Goiás before ending 30 June. The July “Julho Verde” (Green July) campaign, mandated by Law 14.328/2022, raised awareness of head‑and‑neck cancers, citing roughly 40 000 annual cases and 15 000 new oral‑cavity tumours in 2024. Organisers emphasized preventable risks—tobacco, alcohol, HPV‑16, sun exposure and poor oral hygiene—and promoted early diagnosis, noting that eight‑in‑ten patients are still detected at an advanced stage. National projections for 2026‑2028 anticipate about 126 450 new oral‑cavity, thyroid and laryngeal cancers (≈42 150 per year). Data from July 2026 showed a sharp rise in thyroid cancer, with the National Cancer Institute estimating 16 450 new cases in 2026, up from 9 200 in 2014. Most tumours are papillary or follicular and have high cure rates when treated early with surgery, radioactive iodine and, for advanced disease, targeted or immunotherapies. In late July 2026 Rio de Janeiro’s Municipal Health Secretariat launched a citywide vaccination‑record update drive for children and adolescents under 15, reviewing roughly 1.1 million booklets across primary‑care units.

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