Citología vaginal y cáncer cervical en atención primaria en salud (aps)

Abstract

Cervical cancer is a cellular affection that occurs in the epithelium of the cervix, where the human papilloma virus, specifically 16 and 18, is found. It has shown a higher percentage in women of childbearing age worldwide, where a high mortality rate has been evidenced, due to not applying appropriate diagnostic methods for the early detection of cancer. The objective is to determine the significance of cervical cytology in early stages of cervical cancer in "Primary Health Care". This study is descriptive and also retrospective, with methodical information from various countries, using academic tools such as: "Taylor-Francis, Pub-Med, S-cielo, Redalyc, Google Scholar, LILACS and Sci-Hub," where current articles were selected, up to 4 years ago, with medical evidence level I-II quartile. In conclusion, for the suspicion of a low-grade cervical neoplastic precursor lesion, the most effective diagnostic method is cervical cytology performed in PHC. High-grade lesions are best diagnosed by biopsy, followed by colposcopy. When analyzing the data, it was shown that there are discrepancies between the efficacy of a diagnostic method in PHC.