TRIBUNJABAR.ID, BANDUNG – Cervical cancer is still a cancer what women fear after breast cancer. Quoted from the official website of UGM, dr. M. Ary Zucha, Ph.D, Sp.OG, from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UGM FKKMK through Raisa Radio’s Casual Talk Broadcast on Monday (14/3) said, cervical cancer indeed something scary, but the good news that cervical cancer very preventable.
“So this is a cancer which is very preventable. Cervical cancer is strongly associated with the incidence of infection with the HPV virus (human papilloma virus). Most of the transmission is through sexual contact. Second, non-sexual, for example through changing underwear, not clean, doctor’s gloves that do not change every patient, and so on,” said Zucha.
Prevention of cervical cancer according to Zucha can be done by vaccinating HPV/human papilloma virus (primary prevention) and precancerous lesions (secondary prevention). Vaccination or HPV immunization is done to prevent infection with the HPV virus which can cause cervical cancer.
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According to him, the process of cancer long, from being infected with HPV for the first time to becoming cancer requires a process of 3-17 years.
In the process, from HPV infection to becoming cancer go through a long process called prelesion cancer.
“We consider it a wound, so there is a wound that occurs due to HPV infection but cannot be considered cancer. Therefore, there are 2 ways to prevent cervical cancer, one is primary prevention, the second is early detection by recognizing (precancerous lesions), already infected but not until it becomes cancer,” he said.
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He said there are two groups of HPV viruses, namely high-risk HPV and low-risk HPV. High-risk HPV is associated with progression to cervical cancerwhereas low-risk HPV did not cause cervical cancer but causes warts.
“The malignant or high risk, namely the HPV group that causes cancerfor example types 16 and 18. While the low risk does not cause cancerbut causes warts, for example types 6 and 11,” said Zucha.
For this reason, Zucha advised the public to screen for cervical cancer by undergoing a Pap smear or IVA at the nearest puskesmas/midwife/doctor.
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According to him, if we recognize precancerous lesions or before they occur, cervical cancer and we treat it, the cure rate is 86-95%.
So if you know from the start, the cure rate is very high.
“If it is detected or diagnosed at an early stage, it can still be operated on and the treatment is complete, the cure rate is also getting better, but the more advanced it is, the lower the cure rate. Therefore, I promote screening cervical cancer at the puskesmas or doctor to detect precancerous lesions as early as possible,” he said.
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