Oncologist says cervical cancer is completely preventable

Posted on 3/16/2020 3:36 PM

Cervical cancer and human papillomavirus vaccination was a topic CB. Health Partnership between mail And TV Brasília – This Thursday (3/16). To journalist Carmen Souza, surgical oncologist at the Institut Câncer de Brasília, Vivian Rezende spoke about the importance of prevention and how the disease can be avoided.

About Papanicolaou’s examination, the doctor explained that women should start the procedure from the age of 25. She also gave a warning to teenagers. “Increasingly, girls start their sexual life early. The problem is not to start early, but in a responsible way. Therefore, we must put into the world of women that care should be done by having gynecological examinations,” he said.

According to a health professional, when a patient gets infected with HPV and starts to have changes related to the virus, it takes 5 to 15 years for it to turn into cancer. “Look how much time we have in favor. The problem is that patients don’t get screened, or if they do, why don’t they make it to the end of the clinical evaluation?”

About the HPV vaccine, Vivian Resende said that immunization in patients between the ages of 9 and 14 is essential, since they have not had contact with the virus, “she will take the vaccine and hopefully she will have an immune reaction and be able to stimulate immunity.”

Brazil has, on average, 16 deaths a day from cervical cancer – a scenario Vivian Rezende lamented. This is a fact that makes us very sad, because it is a completely preventable cancer. It all starts with an examination, which is done through a Pap smear, which is a preventative method for gynecological diseases. Since then, we have been able to avoid this chain that ends up becoming a woman’s cancer, ”he explained. The oncologist highlighted the importance of the Lilac March, as it is time to inform women of the need for gynecological examinations.

* Trained under Malcia Afonso

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