AÇÃO “VAMOS JUNTOS PREVENIR O C NCER DE MAMA?”: UM RELATO DE EXPERIÊNCIA

Introduction: Breast cancer has a high incidence in female people and is the main responsible for deaths resulting from neoplasms in Brazilian women. In early diagnosed cases, a good prognosis for cure and treatment is fateful, although this prior screening is not a reality in the country, justifying the high epidemiology of this disease. Therefore, it is justifiable to promote awareness-raising actions that encourage women to undergo check-ups, through mammography, mainly, so that Brazil moves away from the underdevelopment profile in breast cancer screening. Experience report: “Are we going to prevent breast cancer together?” was the activity conceived by 12 medical students, through monthly meetings of the academic mastology league, which aimed to educate women about the prevention of breast cancer. The event in question took place near the educational institution, with the help of visual support materials, through information offered to passersby by the binders about mammography, self-examination, warning signs and risk factors for breast cancer, in addition to other topics. Discussion: By means of the activity developed, there was an interest in the discussion on the part of attentive listeners, through personal feedback and doubts built through questions, in order to carry out the previously established objectives to disseminate knowledge. The positive repercussion was also evidenced by the considerable number of people reached in the action. Conclusion: With the results noticed during the action, the activity proved to be operative in an attempt to make women aware of breast cancer. Thus, the relevance of informative activities is highlighted, which must be reproduced in order to achieve better statistics on the reality of breast cancer in Brazil.Introdução: O câncer de mama apresenta uma alta incidência em pessoas do sexo feminino e é o maior responsável pelos óbitos decorrentes de neoplasias nas mulheres brasileiras. Nos casos precocemente diagnosticados, é fatídico um bom prognóstico de cura e tratamento, embora esse rastreamento prévio não seja realidade no país, justificando a elevada epidemiologia dessa doença. Sendo assim, torna-se justificável o fomento de ações de conscientização que incentivem mulheres a realizarem o check up, através da mamografia, principalmente, a fim de que o Brasil se afaste do perfil de subdesenvolvimento no rastreio do câncer de mama. Relato da experiência: “Vamos juntos prevenir o câncer de mama?” foi a atividade idealizada por 12 estudantes de medicina, por meio de reuniões mensais da liga acadêmica de mastologia, que objetivava conscientizar as mulheres sobre a prevenção do câncer de mama. O evento em questão ocorreu presencialmente nas proximidades da instituição de ensino, com auxílio de materiais visuais de apoio, por meio de informações oferecidas aos transeuntes pelos ligantes acerca da mamografia, autoexame, sinais de alerta e fatores de risco para o câncer de mama, além de outros tópicos. Discussão: Por meio da atividade desenvolvida, notou-se interesse na discussão por parte das ouvintes atentas, através de devolutivas pessoais e dúvidas construídas por meio de perguntas, de forma a efetivar os objetivos previamente estabelecidos para disseminar o conhecimento. A repercussão positiva foi também evidenciada pelo considerável número de pessoas alcançadas na ação. Conclusão: Com os resultados notados durante a ação, a atividade se mostrou operante na tentativa de conscientizar as mulheres acerca da neoplasia mamária. Desse modo, destaca-se a relevância de atividades informativas, que devem ser reproduzidas, a fim de alcançar melhores estatísticas sobre a realidade do câncer de mama no Brasil

NEOTROPICAL ALIEN MAMMALS: a data set of occurrence and abundance of alien mammals in the Neotropics

Biological invasion is one of the main threats to native biodiversity. For a species to become invasive, it must be voluntarily or involuntarily introduced by humans into a nonnative habitat. Mammals were among first taxa to be introduced worldwide for game, meat, and labor, yet the number of species introduced in the Neotropics remains unknown. In this data set, we make available occurrence and abundance data on mammal species that (1) transposed a geographical barrier and (2) were voluntarily or involuntarily introduced by humans into the Neotropics. Our data set is composed of 73,738 historical and current georeferenced records on alien mammal species of which around 96% correspond to occurrence data on 77 species belonging to eight orders and 26 families. Data cover 26 continental countries in the Neotropics, ranging from Mexico and its frontier regions (southern Florida and coastal-central Florida in the southeast United States) to Argentina, Paraguay, Chile, and Uruguay, and the 13 countries of Caribbean islands. Our data set also includes neotropical species (e.g., Callithrix sp., Myocastor coypus, Nasua nasua) considered alien in particular areas of Neotropics. The most numerous species in terms of records are from Bos sp. (n = 37,782), Sus scrofa (n = 6,730), and Canis familiaris (n = 10,084); 17 species were represented by only one record (e.g., Syncerus caffer, Cervus timorensis, Cervus unicolor, Canis latrans). Primates have the highest number of species in the data set (n = 20 species), partly because of uncertainties regarding taxonomic identification of the genera Callithrix, which includes the species Callithrix aurita, Callithrix flaviceps, Callithrix geoffroyi, Callithrix jacchus, Callithrix kuhlii, Callithrix penicillata, and their hybrids. This unique data set will be a valuable source of information on invasion risk assessments, biodiversity redistribution and conservation-related research. There are no copyright restrictions. Please cite this data paper when using the data in publications. We also request that researchers and teachers inform us on how they are using the data