. 2022 Mar 7;31(1):e2021405. [Article in Portuguese] doi: 10.1590/S1679-49742022000100010

Table 5. - Percentage variation (PV) in cancer screening, diagnosis and treatment procedures in SUS^a services, by national macro-regions, between the pre-COVID-19 pandemic period (2019) and the COVID-19 pandemic period (2020), Brazil, 2019-2020.

Procedure	North			Northeast			Midwest			Southeast			South
	2019	2020	PV	2019	2020	PV	2019	2020	PV	2019	2020	PV	2019	2020	PV
	N	N	%	N	N	%	N	N	%	N	N	%	N	N	%
Screening
Cytology test	521,566	264,348	-49.3	2,130,037	1,089,737	-48.8	517,272	245,265	-52.6	3,701,627	2,209,464	-40.3	1,578,235	872,237	-44.7
Screening mammography	109,897	86,003	-21.7	865,870	476,306	-45.0	155,810	83,333	-46.5	1,909,072	1,099,763	-42.4	769,778	440,966	-42.7
Diagnosis
Biopsy	28,129	18,306	-34.9	157,954	89,892	-43.1	35,257	22,995	-34.8	370,444	242,952	-34.4	137,615	97,557	-29.1
Anatomical pathology test	121,259	91,932	-24.2	513,365	339,995	-33.8	176,312	102,357	-41.9	1,261,832	964,762	-23.5	689,914	525,784	-23.8
Treatment
Cervical excision (types 1. 2 and 3)	2,393	1,534	-35.9	5,069	3,213	-36.6	1,412	904	-36.0	10,386	6,981	-32.8	7,412	5,351	-27.8
Cancer surgery	4,835	4,318	-10.7	33,503	26,358	-21.3	9,863	8,945	-9.3	69,827	59,365	-15.0	42,356	36,226	-14.5
Chemotherapy	132,803	137,114	3.2	820,501	848,803	3.4	201,868	211,695	4.9	1,707,499	1,756,047	2.8	798,635	825,278	3.3
Radiotherapy^b	4,049	3,725	-8.0	18,648	18,798	0.8	3,851	4,363	13.3	36,422	36,712	0.8	17,645	16,465	-6.7

Source: Brazilian National Health System Outpatient Information System (SIA/SUS); access in March 2021.

a) SUS: Brazilian National Health System; b) ‘Radiotherapy’ procedure data refer to June-December 2019 and June-December 2020.

Table 5. - Percentage variation (PV) in cancer screening, diagnosis and treatment procedures in SUSa services, by national macro-regions, between the pre-COVID-19 pandemic period (2019) and the COVID-19 pandemic period (2020), Brazil, 2019-2020.