Abstract
Objective: To trace the epidemiological profile of women affected by breast cancer in the state of Minas Gerais and to identify the psychosocial damage caused after diagnosis. Methods: Quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study, with data collection from the Breast Cancer Information System (SISMAMA) - DATASUS and the Mortality Information System (SIM), which were designed on the Microsoft Excel platform, for making tables and graphs and later discussing data. Results: An epidemiological profile was drawn of the women most affected by such pathology - white, aged 45 to 49 years and with incomplete elementary education – in addition to being possible to verify how the biopsychosocial aspects of breast cancer can interfere in the prognostic factors related to this neoplasm. Conclusion: The neoplastic pathology discussed in that work is very common among Brazilian women, demonstrating then the need for greater attention and care in the psychological scope of these women, an aspect that directly inferred in the discussion of the prognostic picture. The results found were in line with the statistics provided by the National Cancer Institute (INCA).