Prevention of gynecological cancer: Socioeconomic, colposcopic and cyto-histological study
Martins, N.V.; Focchi, J.; Baruki, L.A.; Botelho, M.A.
Jornal Brasileiro de Ginecologia 81(4): 185-187
1976
ISSN/ISBN: 0368-1416 PMID: 12259399 Document Number: 429968
Study of 600 patients at the Service for the Prevention of Gynecological Cancer of a maternity hospital in Brazil resulted in a correlation between socioeconomic conditions and the findings of routine examinations for cancer prevention (cytology, colposcopy, and histology). Positive findings of neoplasia were obtained in 7 cases, a much higher incidence than that found in the population generally. It is concluded that the greater incidence of cervical cancer is the result of socioeconomic conditions, such as early beginning of sexual relations (116 patients, i.e., 19.3%, began their sexual life before age 15), promiscuity, multiparity, and early pregnancies, which were found very frequently in the population studied. These findings confirm those reported by other authors.