Prevalence of cervical cancer in the countryside (the County of Iaşi)
The present work intends to analyze the epidemiology of cervical cancer on a sample of women from the countryside. The main concern was the early diagnosis through a mass cytological examination. The cytological screening was performed by a team of medical staff from the “Elena Doamna” Iai Third Cli...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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"Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași
2012-10-01
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| Series: | Analele Ştiinţifice Ale Universităţii Alexandru Ioan Cuza din Iași,Sectiunea II A : Genetica si Biologie Moleculara |
| Online Access: | http://www.gbm.bio.uaic.ro/index.php/gbm/article/view/989 |
| Summary: | The present work intends to analyze the epidemiology of cervical cancer on a sample of women from the
countryside. The main concern was the early diagnosis through a mass cytological examination. The cytological
screening was performed by a team of medical staff from the “Elena Doamna” Iai Third Clinic of Obstetrics-
Gynecology, who went to the countryside in the county of Iai and made social inquiries by filling in a prototype file and
by performing a local genital examination, harvesting smears for the bacteriological and cytological exam. We identified
pre-cancer and cancer status in 5.4% of the cases we analyzed, as follows: L-SIL 3.7%; H-SIL 0.8%; CIN 1.1%.
According to the cases studied, the risk factors identified in the social inquiry are: age over 40; a big number of children,
precarious social and economical conditions. The high prevalence of infections of the genital tract in the pathogenesis as
cervical cancer in the countryside suggests a high degree of sexual promiscuity and the lack of an appropriate hygiene. |
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| ISSN: | 1582-3571 2248-3276 |