Identifying Different Risk Factors of Cervical Cancer in Rural Women Population of Lucknow West, India: A 5 Years Study
Journal Title: Open Access Journal of Oncology and Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 2, Issue 4
Abstract
Carcinoma cervix is a major health problem faced by Indian women and though its incidence has declined in urban population in recent years but in the rural India where 70% of the people dwell, cervical cancer still remains on top [1]. It is mainly due to illiteracy and ignorance about the factors contributing to the development of cervical cancer. The rural women are mostly poor and backward, have poor genital hygiene and are not aware of major risk factors like marriage at an early age and multiparity [2]. Therefore, creating awareness about the hazards of cervical cancer and apprising them regarding the importance of early detection of the disease and associated risk factors are the need of the hour [3,4]. Cervical cancer screening program is currently going on in the villages of Lucknow, West through camp approach under the auspices of Era’s Lucknow Medical College and Hospital, Lucknow, India since May, 2013. Till July 2018, 154 camps have been organized through counseling and motivation of women in 129 villages. In each village, 100 women were counseled and a total of 4685 women have attended the camps from 15400 women motivated (30.4%). Pap smear was collected in 2603 of these women (55.5%). Pap smears were stained according the Papanicalou’s technique and cytopathological changes observed in the cervical smears have been graded according to the Bethesda system of classification of 1993 [5].
Authors and Affiliations
Srivastava Anand Narain, Misra Jata Shankar, Kunwar Shipra, Fatima Naseem, Khan Mohshin Ali
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- DOI 10.32474/OAJOM.2018.02.000143
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