The main factor is related to the human papillomavirus infection hpv, which acts as a necessary but not sufficient cause. Since near 160 years ago it is have determined than the sexual intercourse is the foremost responsible, but not to know why mechanism. This disease mortality has declined in recent years as a result of the increase in the availability of timely screening programs. Screening for cervical cancer and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. Epidemiology of cervical cancer in latin america ecancer. Cervical cancer cc ranks third in the world in all cancers affecting women, with an estimated of 530 000 new cases. The epidemiology of cancer has been described as the study of cancer s distribution by age, sex, economic status, etc. The basic aspects of the descriptive epidemiology of cervical cancer. Epidemiological overview of uterine cervical cancer. Cc has multiple causes and it arises by the association of various risk factors. Exocervixepitelio pavimentoso pluriestratificado oescamoso no cornificadosuperficie regular, sin glandulas ni pliegues4 estratos. Epidemiology and natual history of carcinoma of the cervix. Cervical cancer, the challenge to beat lucely cetina perez and francisco javier ochoa carrillo cervical cancer epidemiology k.
There are many advances in the study of this disease pathogenesis, which has made possible to know the role of hu. The cause of this cancer is the human papilloma virus high risk, and requires a sensitive test to provide sufficient sensitivity and specificity for early detection. Cervicouterine cancer screening with citology decrease incidence by more than 50%. Cancer cacu is the leading cause of death by malignant neoplasia in the group aged 2564. Patlanperezc epidemiological overview of uterine cervical cancer the world health organization who reported more than 6 million cases of cancer worldwide in women during 2008. Panorama epidemiologico del cancer cervicouterino open journal. Historia natural del cancer cervico uterino by erica garcia. Molecular biology in the diagnosis of cervical cancer l. In the world the first cause to death to the women with cancer is by the cancer of the uterine cervix. In fact, cervical cancer can be diagnosed early and, if. Hernandezhernandez,a teresa apresagarcia, b rosa ma. Ficha descriptiva historia natural del cncer cervicouterino. Historia natural del cancer cervico uterino by erica.
It is well known that only a small number of cervical lesions infected with high risk hpvs evolve to highergrade lesions or cancer. Twentyfive years ago the mortality rate in canada for all sites of malignancy was approximately identical for. Epidemiologia del cancer cervicouterino en las americas, 2014. An infection with a highrisk human papillomavirus hpv is the major etiological agent of cervical cancer. Cancer screening for women older than 40 years of age. Doc epidemiologia del cancer cervico uterino antonio. Cervical cancer is a serious health problem due to high mortality rates that are associated with it. The high incidence rates can be explained by women and their families ignorance about this disease. Cervical cancer is one of the first causes of cancer mortality in mexican women.