Prevalencia y caracterización de mujeres vírgenes con diagnóstico de cáncer de cérvix, endometrio y ovario atendidas en el área de ginecología oncológica del Hospital Teodoro Maldonado Carbo desde el año 2013 hasta 2017.

Abstract

Background: Endometrial cancer, ovarian cancer and cervical cancer are neoplasms, within female reproductive system´s cancer, are considered frequent nowadays. Virgin women gynecological cancer´s appearance shows that other disease´s causal factors must be considered, however, there isn´t enough evidence of documentation on these cases in our country. Objective: To estimate the prevalence of cervical cancer, uterus and ovaries in virgin women treated in the Oncology Gynecology area of Teodoro Maldonado Carbo Hospital from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2017. Methodology: Retrospective, observational, descriptive, prevalence study with 394 patients diagnosed with cervical, uterine and ovarian cancer, disease confirmed by pathology during 2013 and 2017. Data were obtained from all the digital clinical histories in the AS400 Emulator Program, based on the data base granted by Teodoro Maldonado Carbo Hospital, whose information was stored in a database ok Excel´s digital data collection. Results: Of the 394 cases of patients with female reproductive organ cancer, 88% of the sample was non – virgin women and the 12% were virgin. Patients were also characterized according to the affected organ, age, personal pathological history, body mass index, family history of cancer, histological type and place of origin. Conclusion: The prevalence of cancer of the cervix, ovary and endometrium in patients treated between 2013 and 2017 was 12% for virgin women, whose mostly affected organ was the ovary, and 88% for non – virgin women, where its high incidence is the cervix.