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Federación Colombiana de Obstetricia y Ginecología
2006
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- Pap smear prevalence and that of pre-malignant and malignant cervical lesions amongst women living in the Carmen initiative demonstration area, Bucaramanga, Colombia Claudia Janeth Uribe-Pérez Luis Alfonso Díaz-Martínez Ricardo Ortiz-Serrano Erika Eliana Meza-Durán Medicina CIN cervico vaginal cytology cervical neoplasia human papillomavirus Objective: Establishing the prevalence of premalignant and malignant cervical lesions amongst women living in the CARMEN initiative demonstration area, Bucaramanga, Colombia. Methodology: A cross-sectional study of 8,015 randomly selected women. Patients having abnormal cytology results received individualised diagnosis/treatment (colposcopy, biopsy, or conisation). Histopathological findings were correlated with demographical data and their sexual and reproductive history. Results: 8,071 women answered the survey but only 2,698 had up-to-date Pap smears (34.9%; 95%CI 17.2%-29.8%); 1,660 accepted updating their smears. 2.2% (95%CI 1.8%-2.6%) had Pap smears positive for cervical lesions, this being higher in those living with more mature women. Pre-malignant and malignant cervical lesion prevalence was 1.1% (95%CI 0.8%-1.4%). Women with pre-malignant or malignant cervical lesions were younger, had begun their sexual intercourse earlier and had had more sexual partners than healthy women. Conclusions: Pre-malignant and malignant cervical lesion prevalence is higher than in other parts of the world. Pap smear coverage is very low. Early detection of cervical cancer must be intensified. 2006 artículo científico 0034-7434 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=195214322002 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=1952 Revista Colombiana de Obstetricia y Ginecología application/pdf Federación Colombiana de Obstetricia y Ginecología Revista Colombiana de Obstetricia y Ginecología (Colombia) Num.1 Vol.57