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Ginecología y obstetricia de México
Print version ISSN 0300-9041
Abstract
ARDILA-SIERRA, Adriana; VASQUEZ-BASALLO, Carol; ORTIZ-DE ORO, Paula and PUERTO-DE AMAYA, Myriam. Cervical cancer mortality in the Colombian Amazon. Ginecol. obstet. Méx. [online]. 2022, vol.90, n.6, pp.486-495. Epub Sep 12, 2022. ISSN 0300-9041. https://doi.org/10.24245/gom.v90i6.7600.
OBJECTIVE:
To analyze the cervical cancer mortality peak, in Guainía, in 2018.
MATERIALS AND METHODS:
Ecological study. Data from all institutions with cervical cancer morbidity, mortality and attention information in Colombia, between January/2009 and December/2019, were analyzed. All available data for Guainía were included. The databases with no data between 2016 and 2018 were excluded. Morbidity, mortality, attention, and procedures were analyzed, comparing the behavior in 2018 to the other years.
RESULTS:
Cervical cancer-related patients, care and procedures decreased in 2016 and 2017. The lowest concentration of care per person in the period was in 2017. In 2019, the number of people diagnosed with papillomavirus infection increased.
CONCLUSIONS:
The reduction in screenings, care and procedures related to cervical cancer, in a territory, can lead to increases in mortality from this type of cancer. It is essential to sustain prevention, diagnosis, and treatment actions over time to avoid this mortality.
Keywords : Uterine Cervical Neoplasms; Papillomavirus Infections; Cervix Uteri; Mortality.
