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Discrepancies at clinical presentation of patients with soft tissue sarcoma according to the type of health insurance in a Brazilian population

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  • Fernando Augusto Batista Campos
  • Marcelo Porfírio Sunagua Aruquipa
  • Celso Silva e Sousa Filho
  • Maria Rita Silva Costa
  • Celso Abdon Lopes de Mello
  • Ulisses Ribaldo Nicolau
  • Suely Akiko Nakagawa
  • Antônio Geraldo do Nascimento
  • Maria Nirvana da Cruz Formiga
  • Felipe D’Almeida Costa
  • Maria Letícia Gobo Silva
  • Ademar Lopes
  • Samuel Aguiar Júnior

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Background: In Brazil, 75% of the population is covered by public health insurance (PubHIn), and the rest pay for private insurance (PrivHIn). The impact of the type of health insurance on clinical presentation of Brazilian patients diagnosed with soft tissue sarcoma (STS) is unknown. We aim to describe the clinical characteristics at diagnosis of patients with STS, stratifying them by type of health insurance, and to evaluate the symptom-diagnosis and -treatment intervals. Methods: Observational, retrospective cohort, single-center study conducted in a Brazilian cancer center that admits both private and public patients. Medical records of individuals with 18 years old or more diagnosed with selected types of STS who started treatment in our center between January 2011 and December 2019 were reviewed. Kaplan–Meier method and log-rank test were used for survival analyses. Chi-square and Mann Whitney test were used for univariate analysis. Significance was defined as a p-value

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  • Fernando Augusto Batista Campos & Marcelo Porfírio Sunagua Aruquipa & Celso Silva e Sousa Filho & Maria Rita Silva Costa & Celso Abdon Lopes de Mello & Ulisses Ribaldo Nicolau & Suely Akiko Nakagawa &, 2025. "Discrepancies at clinical presentation of patients with soft tissue sarcoma according to the type of health insurance in a Brazilian population," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 20(4), pages 1-11, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0320308
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0320308
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