Prevalence of premalignant and malignant cervical lesions

Prevalencia de lesiones cervicales premalignas y malignas

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Liliana Mercedes Moreno
Arly Avila Agamez
Sonia Edith Saavedra Lancheros
Katherine Zambrano Ochoa

Abstract

At the San José Hospital since December 2001, quality control of cervicovaginal cytologies (CCV) of the Prevention and Prevention (P & P) program of an EPS has been carried out, which aims to identify precancerous lesions in a timely manner. of the cervix. This study was carried out to determine the prevalence of premalignant and malignant lesions in the CCV of the program between January 2002 and December 2003. 162,487 CCV were evaluated, classified according to the Bethesda system categories, the annual prevalence of positive cytologies was determined and the annual prevalence for each category of injury. Similarity was found in the annual prevalence of each lesion, which indicates satisfactory results for the P and P program. Additionally, comparisons were made with national figures from the League of Fight Against Cancer and the District Department of Health of Bogotá.

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