title: [Considering risk factors and prevention in uterine cervical cancer].
abstract: Cervical cancer is a disease with important medical and social involvements and a severe evolution in advanced stage. Its high incidence in Romania situated this country on the first place in Europe.
  
  
  METHODS
  The paper analyzed retrospectively a sample of 51 cases suffering from cervical cancer in advanced stage. The most important risk factors, depending on environment, genetic and lifestyle peculiarities of patients, were quantified.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Age groups of 35-65 were involved in 70% of cases, those of maximum genital activity in 50.9% of cases and after the menopause in 45% of cases. The sample features: medium level of education, low socioeconomic standards, precarious health education in 45.9% of women, over 50% never seing controlled with a Papanicolaou test or cytohormonal smear. Diagnosis was carried out in advanced stadium (IIB-IIIB) for 75% of cases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Though the cancer of uterine cervix is committed oneself to a precocious diagnosis, due to a low level of sanitary education, the absence of the prevention testing concerning cells of the vaginal-cervix, the deficit hygiene, the smoking, the cases are diagnosed tardily, in advanced loco regional stages.
authors.affiliation: Facultatea de Medicină, Spitalul de Urgenţe Chirurgicale Sf. Ioan Iaşi, Clinica de Urgenţe Chirurgicale, Universitatea de Medicină si Farmacie Gr.T. Popa Iaşi.
authors.forename: Natalia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Velenciuc
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Velenciuc
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Luncă
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008019:Life Style; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D065006:Papanicolaou Test; D011203:Poverty; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012383:Romania / Q000453:epidemiology; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014626:Vaginal Smears