Prevalence of cervical cancer in the countryside (the County of Iaşi)

• Main Authors: Eduard Crauciuc, Ovidiu Toma, Doina Iancu, Dragos Crauciuc
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași 2012-10-01
• 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

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.