El riesgo de cáncer cérvico-uterino: una preocupación de las mujeres

Abstract

Objective: to identify biological, social, and sexual behavior risk factors associated with the occurrence of cervical câncer at the Josue Teaching Polyclinic, Santiago de Cuba, from January 2024 to December 2024. Method: Responds to a type of descriptive study, methods: interview, observation, clinical laboratory analysis, and data correlation. Using quantitative research methodology, a sample of 108 women (case-control). Results: The women studied were between 35 and 59 years old, 78.12% of the cases had this family history, 83.33% had begun their first sexual relationship before the age of 18, while the controls had this situation in 34.72%, and 83.33% of the cases presented multiple episodes of STIs, in the controls these infections were present in 34.72%. When comparing the results with the reviewed research, there were no significant differences. Conclusions: There was a causal association between all the biological, sexual behavior, and socioeconomic risk factors studied and the occurrence of cervical cancer. A history of cervical cancer, repeated episodes of STIs and oncovirus infections, a family history of cancer, multiple sexual partners, and an unfavorable socioenvironmental status were the factors most strongly associated with the development of this neoplasia in the health area studied.