An hpv vaccine may reduce the risk of cervical cancer. Control integral del cancer cervicouterino iris paho home. Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable cancers in women. Etiology, pathogenesis, treatment, and future vaccines. Plan of action for cervical cancer prevention and control 20182030. This plan envisions a future with the elimination of cervical cancer as a public health problem as a result of universal access to sexual health and sti prevention. What the hpv vaccines dont do they dont prevent infection or disease caused by most of the other hpv types that cause 30% of cervical cancer not caused by hpv1618. Please use one of the following formats to cite this article in your essay, paper or report.
Mass cancer screening programs to detect and treat cervical cancer and its precursor lesions are. Deteccion primaria del cancer cervicouterino cirugia y. It is now recognized that cervical cancer is a rare long term outcome of persistent infection of the lower genital tract by one of about 15 high risk hpv types, which is termed the necessary cause of cervical cancer. Cervicouterine cancer screening with citology decrease incidence by more than 50%. Epidemiology of cervical cancer in latin america ecancer. Although the highest incidence of cervical cancer is among women 40 to 49 years of age 14 cases per 100,000 women per year, 40% of women are older than 40 years at diagnosis.
Second cancers among 104760 survivors of cervical cancer. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Cervical cancer is mostly caused by the human papillomavirus, or hpv. Of the estimated 530 000 new cervical cancer cases annually, hpv 16 and hpv 18 account for 71%. Symptoms of cervical cancer can include painful sex, vaginal bleeding. Cancer of the cervix uteri turk jinekolojik onkoloji. The cause of this cancer is the human papilloma virus high risk, and requires a sensitive test to provide sufficient sensitivity and specificity for early detection and greater interval period when the results are negative. The basic aspects of the descriptive epidemiology of cervical cancer in latin. The rate of death from this disease has dropped by more than half in the past few decades. This acog patient education pamphlet explains the importance of cervical cancer screenings.
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