Palliative care in home care for cancer patients in Brazil

ABSTRACT The organization of health services must consider the integral care of the individual with cancer, ensuring, when necessary, palliative care. The objective of this study was to describe the profile of oncology users in palliative care in home care. A descriptive study was carried about the cancer cases registered in home care during the period 2013-2015 in the Country. Only the states of Roraima, Sergipe and Espírito Santo did not register cases. Among the ten most recurrent types of neoplasias were the most incidental, among men, of prostate, and among women, of breast. However, in stratification by age group, differences between the most prevalent types of tumors were observed. In men 60 years, it was prostate. In women, with the exception of