Table 3. - Monthly and annual percentage variation in SUSa cancer treatment procedures, between the pre-COVID-19 pandemic period (2019) and the COVID-19 pandemic period (2020), Brazil, 2019-2020.
| Month service provided | Cervical excision | Cancer surgeryb | Chemotherapy | Radiotherapyc | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2020 | PVd | 2019 | 2020 | PVd | 2019 | 2020 | PVd | 2019 | 2020 | PVd | ||||
| N | N | % | N | N | % | N | N | % | N | N | % | ||||
| January | 1,874 | 1,999 | 6.7 | 12,889 | 13,219 | 2.6 | 295,246 | 316,193 | 7.1 | - | - | - | |||
| February | 2,155 | 1,899 | -11.9 | 12,752 | 11,786 | -7.6 | 297,113 | 313,074 | 5.4 | - | - | - | |||
| March | 1,900 | 1,708 | -10.1 | 12,014 | 12,792 | 6.5 | 297,173 | 316,169 | 6.4 | - | - | - | |||
| April | 2,323 | 870 | -62.5 | 13,253 | 9,456 | -28.7 | 296,840 | 306,629 | 3.3 | - | - | - | |||
| May | 2,366 | 1,111 | -53.0 | 14,278 | 10,041 | -29.7 | 303,183 | 308,810 | 1.9 | - | - | - | |||
| June | 2,145 | 1,251 | -41.7 | 12,649 | 10,151 | -19.7 | 302,173 | 311,164 | 3.0 | 12,581 | 11,464 | 8.9 | |||
| July | 2,203 | 1,387 | -37.0 | 14,581 | 10,936 | -25.0 | 306,241 | 314,376 | 2.7 | 11,824 | 12,269 | -3.8 | |||
| August | 2,488 | 1,542 | -38.0 | 13,981 | 11,326 | -19.0 | 309,181 | 318,442 | 3.0 | 11,702 | 11,469 | 2.0 | |||
| September | 2,477 | 1,519 | -38.7 | 14,265 | 11,694 | -18.0 | 312,422 | 317,931 | 1.8 | 11,373 | 11,658 | -2.5 | |||
| October | 2,496 | 1,542 | -38.2 | 14,747 | 11,816 | -19.9 | 315,034 | 318,312 | 1.0 | 11,665 | 11,491 | 1.5 | |||
| November | 2,189 | 1,683 | -23.1 | 13,541 | 12,162 | -10.2 | 313,191 | 320,043 | 2.2 | 10,887 | 10,825 | 0.6 | |||
| December | 2,056 | 1,472 | -28.4 | 11,434 | 9,833 | -14.0 | 313,509 | 317,794 | 1.4 | 10,583 | 10,887 | -2.9 | |||
| Total | 26,672 | 17,983 | -32.6 | 160,384 | 135,212 | -15.7 | 3,661,306 | 3,778,937 | 3.2 | 80,615 | 80,063 | -0.7 | |||
Sources: Brazilian National Health System Outpatient Information System (SIA/SUS) and High Complexity Procedure Authorizations (APAC); access in March 2021.
a) SUS: Brazilian National Health System; b) Cancer surgery only includes procedures performed in hospitals accredited for high complexity oncology, and does not include surgery performed in general hospitals; c) ‘Radiotherapy’ procedure data refer to June-December 2019 and June-December 2020; d) PV: percentage variation.