Is a law enough to provide a better prognosis for Brazilian melanoma patients or education is still a gap?

Bruno Aquino Marcelino, Fernanda Hermeto Soares, Marcela Lima de Castro Curi, Alberto Julius Alves Wainstein and Ana Paula Drummond‐Lage

International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 2022, vol. 37, issue 4, 2479-2484

Abstract: According to Brazilian Law 12.732/12 (“60‐day law”), cancer patients have 60 days after diagnosis for beginning treatment at the Unified Health System (SUS). The study aimed to evaluate the achievement and effectiveness of the ‘60‐day law’ for melanoma patients in a SUS cancer reference unit. A retrospective study analysed 58 medical charts from patients with the initial diagnosis performed before and after the “60‐day law”. The Law does not change the time interval between diagnosis and the beginning of treatment, and after the Law, patients presented a worse overall survival (p

Date: 2022
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