O impacto da subnotificação de dados no rastreamento do câncer de colo de útero

Abstract

Cervical cancer is the fourth most common type of cancer among women worldwide, with the number of 258,649 women dead and more than 3 million people needing palliative care because of the effects after diagnosis with CCU. Its incidence is higher in countries with lower socioeconomic status, as the population does not have access to information, education and health services. Despite being a preventable disease, it is one of the most serious threats to the well-being and lives of women, and when affected by this pathology they commonly experience more complex and serious suffering than when caused by other serious diseases. Such as, discharge, vaginal bleeding, mild pain, intense pain, odor and even death. These symptoms contribute to psychological and emotional suffering for the patient, such as anxiety, depressed mood, isolation and stigminization, highlighting the abandonment by the intimate partner, or social isolation. Therefore, the research aims to overcome the impact of underreporting of data on cervical cancer screening, highlighting the possible consequences of late and early diagnosis. As a result, early diagnosis, as well as cervical screening using the Papanicolaou test, are indispensable measures to increase the chances of cure for women affected with this pathology, in addition, the treatment is cheaper and less expensive in the health sectors, decreasing the numbers of mortality. Therefore, the research was carried out based on a narrative bibliographic survey of scientific literature from the compilation of works published in scientific journals, specialized books and in web databases with keywords, in the portals of the Virtual Health Library, Instituto Nacional do Câncer, MedLine/PubMed and Scielo, from 2018 to the present day.