PERFIL EPIDEMIOLÓGICO DOS PACIENTES COM DIAGNÓSTICO DE NEOPLASIA MALIGNA DOS BRÔNQUIOS E DOS PULMÕES INTERNADOS NA ENFERMARIA DE PNEUMOLOGIA DE UM HOSPITAL PÚBLICO DO DISTRITO FEDERAL EM UM PERÍODO DE 2 ANOS

Lung cancer is currently the malignant tumor with the highest mortality rate worldwide in men and the second in women, second only to breast cancer. The objective of this study was to analyze the epidemiological profile of patients admitted to the pulmonology ward of a tertiary hospital in the Federal District, analyzing sex, age, risk factor correlated with the diagnosis of this cancer, the means of biopsy instituted, main histological types, stage of the disease, survival / death and treatment of lung cancer. This study was a descriptive, retrospective and observational study of patients admitted to the Pulmonology Unit of the Hospital de Base in the Federal District, in lung cancer investigation. As a result, an epidemiological profile of patients with diagnosis of malignant lung cancer was found, mostly affecting patients between 61 and 70 years old, with no predominance of sex, with an expo-sitory factor, and histopathologically adenocarcinoma was the most prevalent malignant neoplasm acquired through bronchoscopy and biopsy guided by imaging exams with basically the same level of use and with most cases presenting in advanced stages, requiring palliative treatment with a short survival in advanced stages and consequently high death rates