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Cáncer cervical en mujeres más jóvenes
Lancet (London, England)
|October 7, 1978
Resumen
El cáncer cervical está relacionado con la actividad sexual temprana, con casos que aparecen en mujeres más jóvenes. No se debe establecer un límite de edad inferior para la detección del cáncer de cuello uterino, y todas las mujeres jóvenes deben ser alentadas a someterse a pruebas.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Ginecología Ginecología.
- Oncología Oncología.
- Salud Pública La salud pública.
Sus antecedentes:
- La incidencia del cáncer de cuello uterino está cambiando hacia grupos de edad más jóvenes.
- La actividad sexual temprana se identifica como un factor de riesgo significativo.
- Se ha observado una disminución notable en la edad promedio de las pacientes con cáncer cervical.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para resaltar la tendencia a la disminución de la edad en el diagnóstico de cáncer de cuello uterino.
- Para enfatizar la asociación entre la actividad sexual temprana y el cáncer de cuello uterino.
- Abogar por el cribado cervical universal sin importar la edad.
Principales métodos:
- Análisis de datos de pacientes de Brighton, Reino Unido, comparando las edades medias de pacientes con cáncer de cuello uterino durante una década (1967-1977).
- Revisión de los resultados del frotis cervical de las adolescentes en un período de un año.
- Confirmación histológica de la malignidad en casos con células cervicales anormales.
Principales resultados:
- La edad media de las pacientes con cáncer de cuello uterino en Brighton disminuyó de 50 en 1967 a 35 en 1977.
- Se detectaron células cervicales anormales en 24 adolescentes, de las cuales 4 fueron diagnosticadas posteriormente con cáncer cervical.
- El estudio identificó una prevalencia preocupante de anomalías cervicales y tumores malignos en mujeres muy jóvenes.
Conclusiones:
- El cáncer cervical está afectando cada vez más a las mujeres más jóvenes, a menudo vinculado a la actividad sexual temprana.
- Es posible que las directrices establecidas para el cribado por edad no protejan adecuadamente a todas las personas en riesgo.
- El cribado del cáncer de cuello uterino debe ser accesible a todas las mujeres jóvenes sin un requisito de edad mínima.
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