CERVICAL CANCER

Malignant tumor disease in the cervix that can spread

(metastases) to other organs and cause death
Epidemiology

According to WHO EACH

YEAR, AROUND the
WORLD:
• 490.000 Women
diagnosed Suffering from
cervical cancer
• 240.000 of whom DIED

• * 80% happening in
developing countries
ETIOLOGY

CERVICAL CANCER
CAUSED BY HUMAN
PAPILLOMA VIRUS (HPV)
• Infections with HPV often
DO NOT cause symptoms
• Many people DO not know
they are infected with HPV
• Many people can transmit
HPV WITHOUT realizing it
RISK FACTORS

• Alternate sexual partners

• Smoking and drinking alcohol
• Too much childbirth
• Does not maintain the hygiene of genital organs
• Age of the Hub sex < 20 years
Symptoms

• Vaginal discharge or disdilute discharge from the

vagina
• Bleeding after intercourse
• Bleeding after the menopause.
• Pelvic pain (velvis) or lower abdomen
• In the advanced stage of the body becomes thin dry
due to lack of nutrition, leg edema, irritated bladder
and lower colon shaft.
Prevention and early detection of cervical cancer

• Cervical cancer is a • HPV vaccination

cancer that causes many • Skrinning with Test IVA
deaths in women, but only and PAP SMEAR
one cancer that can be
prevented.
CERVICAL CANCER