Summary:
Cervical carcinoma is a preventable condition and over 95%
of patients with early carcinoma cervix can be cured. But
still women dying from malignant disease of all kinds the
cervix is the common organ primarily involved. The study
was conducted to find out the predisposing factors of
carcinoma cervix in our population and to scrutinize the
patients in early stages, so that measures can be taken to
prevent it. After approval of ethical committee and informed
written consent fifty patients from Dhaka Medical College
hospital were included in this study from January 2003 to
December 2003. Among the 50 patients 36 were between
31to 50 years, 42 patients present with blood stained per
vaginal discharge and 40 present with post-coital bleeding.
Regarding identifiable risk factors early age of 1st
intercourse was most common followed by multiparity.
Ninety four percent of patients had squamous cell
carcinoma and reminder were adenocarcinoma. Incidence
of carcinoma cervix can be decreased by health education
with special attention to risk factors and morbidity and
mortality can be reduced by detection of cases in early stage
when it is still curable.
Key words : Carcinoma cervix, Early detection, Predisposing
factors.
(J Bangladesh Coll Phys Surg 2017; 35: 110-114)