The role of the vaccine prophylaxis of cervical cancer among female military personnel
Shmidt, A.A.; Alieva, M.T.; Ivanova, L.V.; Molchanov, O.V.
Voenno-Meditsinskii Zhurnal 336(6): 30-33
2015
ISSN/ISBN: 0026-9050 PMID: 26442313 Document Number: 640839
The authors presented results of the study concerning human papillomavirus infecting of military students of higher military educational institutions of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation. In the Center for Obstetrics and Gynaecology of the Kirov Military-Medical Academy was performed a dynamic examination of 478 female cadets aged 17-25. The high level of high-risk HPV viruses was revealed during the examination what proves the necessity of prophylaxis enhancing with the aim to prevent gynecological diseases and reproductive health promotion. The main ways of cervical cancer prophylaxis are health education, in-depth medical examination of women with the aim to reveal and treat gynecological diseases (this medical examination should be carried out twice a year), primary prevention of cervical cancer by vaccination.