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Fato ou fake: saiba mais sobre a quimioterapia oral para câncer de pulmão

Especialista explica mitos e verdades sobre a quimioterapia oral, um tipo de tratamento usado na luta contra uma doença muito agressiva, o câncer de pulmão


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Nov 20, 2020, 09:36 ET

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SÃO PAULO, 20 de novembro de 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Dados da Organização Mundial de Saúde (OMS) indicam que o câncer de pulmão é a neoplasia mais incidente no mundoi. Em 2018, foram mais de 2 milhões de casos[i]. Neste mesmo ano, no Brasil, o câncer de pulmão foi o responsável pelo maior número de mortes por cânceri.

Dentre os principais fatores de risco para o câncer de pulmão, o cigarro é, de longe, o mais importante e está associado a 85% dos casosii. A exposição à poluição do ar, as infecções pulmonares de repetição, a deficiência ou excesso de vitamina A, a doença pulmonar obstrutiva crônica (DPOC) e a história familiar são outros fatores de risco para o desenvolvimento da doença[ii].

Uma das formas de tratamento do câncer de pulmão é chamada de quimioterapia oral. Abaixo, o Dr. Carlos Teixeira esclarece alguns fatos e fakes sobre o tema.

Atualmente o câncer pode ser tratado com medicamentos orais?

FATO. Nos últimos anos houve um fantástico progresso nos tratamentos para o câncer. Atualmente estão disponíveis medicamentos tomados por via oral, tão eficazes quanto os medicamentos injetáveis. Os tratamentos orais, entretanto não estão disponíveis para todos os tipos de câncer e apenas o médico oncologista pode indicar o melhor tratamento para cada paciente.

É seguro realizar a quimioterapia oral

FATO: Sim, a quimioterapia oral é segura e eficaz. O médico especialista avalia os casos em que é possível indicar esse tipo de tratamento e é responsável por acompanhar a evolução do paciente, assim como acontece nas outras terapias disponíveis para o tratamento do câncer de pulmão.

A quimioterapia oral é mais fraca do que a quimioterapia injetável.

FAKE: Não é verdade. A medicação oral já está consolidada e tem seus resultados comprovados. Estudos clínicos demonstraram que a quimioterapia oral pode ter maior eficácia do que a terapia endovenosa, para determinados tipos de câncer.

Realizar o tratamento em casa pode ser mais confortável para o paciente.

FATO: Sim, o tratamento oral agrega conveniência e comodidade à terapia contra o câncer de pulmão. As medicações injetáveis são realizadas em ambiente hospitalar ou em serviços de infusão. Diante do cenário de pandemia do novo coronavírus e da recomendação de isolamento social, realizar o tratamento em casa confere maior segurança para os pacientes oncológicos, considerados um público mais vulnerável às complicações da Covid-19.

Em alguns casos, a quimioterapia oral pode substituir a intravenosa.

FATO[iii]: Sim, porém somente o médico especialista pode fazer esta avaliação e recomendar a melhor opção de tratamento para o paciente.

Sobre a Boehringer Ingelheim
A Boehringer Ingelheim é uma das 20 principais farmacêuticas do mundo e a maior de capital fechado, com cerca de 51.000 funcionários globalmente e possui como foco de atuação desenvolver soluções de saúde com grande valor e impacto para pessoas e animais. Atua há mais de 130 anos para trazer soluções inovadoras em suas três áreas de negócios: saúde humana, saúde animal e fabricação de biofármacos. Em 2019, obteve vendas líquidas de cerca de € 19 bilhões de euros. Os investimentos em pesquisa e desenvolvimento corresponderam a aproximadamente 18% do faturamento líquido, cerca de 3,5 bilhões de euros. No Brasil há mais de 60 anos, a Boehringer Ingelheim possui escritório em São Paulo e fábricas em Itapecerica da Serra e Paulínia. A empresa recebeu, em 2020, pelo quarto ano consecutivo, a certificação Top Employers, que a elege como uma das melhores empregadoras do mundo por seu diferencial nas iniciativas de recursos humanos. Para mais informações, visite www.boehringer-ingelheim.com.br e www.facebook.com/BoehringerIngelheimBrasil.

[1]https://www.sboc.org.br/sboc-site/revista-sboc/pdfs/22/artigo10.pdf https://gco.iarc.fr/
[ii]https://www.inca.gov.br/tipos-de-cancer/cancer-de-pulmao 
[iii]http://www.oncoguia.org.br/quimioterapiaoral/faq.php

Código Veeva: MPR-BR-101309 / Novembro 2020

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