Highlights ■ Men with metastatic prostate cancer in the public system have access to fewer treatment lines. ■ Survival in the public system was 3 years shorter than that in the private setting (78 versus 115 months). ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the impact of assistance from public and private health systems on the overall survival of patients with metastatic prostate cancer. Methods: A total of 213 patients with metastatic prostate cancer treated at the A.C. Camargo Cancer Center, either in […]

Highlights Seventy-four (33.18%) municipalities in the state of Paraíba registered live births with microcephaly. The highest proportion of cases (23.03%) was concentrated in the capital, João Pessoa. Number of inhabitants, number of cases of Zika virus, water supply, and average household income were associated with a higher proportion of new cases. ABSTRACT Objective To analyze the relationship between microcephaly and social inequality indicators in the state of Paraíba during the biennium January 2015 and December 2016. Methods Ecological study with […]