Radioterapia no Hospital Naval Marcilio Dias: gestão de acesso do paciente oncológico

Abstract

The present work aims to analyze the technological capacity for radiotherapy treatment of cancer at HNMD, of the Brazilian Navy in the period from 2018 to 2022, considering that Brazil has been going through a demographic transition in the last decades with a growing incidence of new cases of cancer due to the aging of the population. In this context, radiotherapy is of great importance, as it is estimated that 60% of cases will receive radiotherapy at some stage of the disease. The methodological path taken was bibliographical research, with a quantitative approach with a descriptive and documentary nature, since the discovery of the chemical element radium and the therapeutic use of radiation. The acquisition of new equipment requires complex strategy and logistics, mainly due to the high investment cost involved and the various actors involved in the implementation of new equipment. This work has the intention of helping the implementation of a radiotherapy service, without a normative character, only facilitating the understanding and managing processes. There is a lack of equipment in the country and dependence on the public or accredited network may impact the evolution and prognosis of the disease. In this way, a review of the radiotherapy equipment acquisition processes was carried out in order to optimize the implementation schedule and justify the resource applied strategically, guaranteeing autonomy within the military medicine of the Armed Forces.