Primary care as a fundamental factor in preventing cervical cancer

Authors

  • Livia López Machado Hospital Universitario Ginecoobstétrico “Mariana Grajales”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara
  • Raquel Amparo Machado Alcaine Hospital Universitario Ginecoobstétrico “Mariana Grajales”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara
  • Yusleise Prevot Rodriguez Hospital Universitario Ginecoobstétrico “Mariana Grajales”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara

Keywords:

uterine cervical neoplasms, primary health care, Papanicolaou test

Abstract

The cervical cancer is worldwide the second most common in women. The effective method for early detection of cervical cancer is the  test of Papanicolaou or cytology test. In Cuba detection is made in women from 25 to 64 years of age at intervals of three years. Although there is a program for early detection of cervical cancer in Cuba since 1968 it has not yet achieved the expected decrease of morbidity and mortality from this cause. The health area plays an important role in this program both in capturing every woman to perform the cytology test as a quality of sampling because it depends on the sampling of the transformation zone, where it located, more often, cervical cancer, as well as attendance at specialist clinics when the woman shows any cytological abnormality.

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López Machado L, Machado Alcaine RA, Prevot Rodriguez Y. Primary care as a fundamental factor in preventing cervical cancer. Acta Méd Centro [Internet]. 2014 Sep. 22 [cited 2025 Aug. 26];8(3):113-6. Available from: https://revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/152

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 3 (2014): July-September

Section

Comunications

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