Abstract
Objective: To identify the prevalence of service of patients with advanced cancer treated with numerical palliative care. Methods: Quantitative, descriptive, retrospective and prospective study, through medical records and telephone contact with family members of patients treated at the palliative care service. Results: Of the 770 medical records, 58.31% were women, the average age at admission was 61.92. Tumors of the head and neck, lung, cervix, breast and prostate were the most prevalent. Pain, constipation and dyspnea were the most common symptoms. It was identified that 23.64% of the patients did not undergo any type of disease-modifying treatment before being referred to the Palliative Care service. Of the patients seen, 92.21% did not undergo disease-modifying treatment after being referred to the service. Conclusion: Patients who resorted to palliative care are predominantly women, of older ages, who needed appropriate management of symptoms. It can be verified that there is a relationship between the most prevalent types of cancers and the female sex is more prevalent in the Palliative Care service.