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Vaccination coverage against human papillomavirus (HPV) and associated factors in female academics from a university in southwestern Goiás, Brazil

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To check the coverage of the HPV vaccine in women enrolled in health courses at a university in southwest Goiás, Brazil, and the factors associated with vaccination. METHODS This is a cross-sectional study, including female university students of health courses, aged 18 years or m...

Human papillomavirus infection and risk factors to cervical cancer in asymptomatic women in the region of the Northeast of Brazil

Objective: This study sought to identify the presence of HPV infection and the risk factors related to susceptibility to cervical cancer in asymptomatic women. Methods: It is a cross-sectional study with 428 users attended Basic Health Units, in Arapiraca, Alagoas, Brazil. Sociodemographic, behavioral va...

Protocolo Brasileiro para Infecções Sexualmente Transmissíveis 2020: infecção pelo papilomavírus humano (HPV)

Epidemiol. serv. saúde; 30 (spe1), 2021
O artigo aborda a infecção pelo papilomavírus humano (human papillomavirus, HPV), tema constitutivo do Protocolo Clínico e Diretrizes Terapêuticas para Atenção Integral às Pessoas com Infecções Sexualmente Transmissíveis, publicado pelo Ministério da Saúde. Tal documento foi elaborado com ba...

Dealing with cancer screening in the COVID-19 era

Rev. Assoc. Med. Bras. (1992); 67 (supl.1), 2021
SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: This article aims to alert health professionals for cancer screening in the face of the possibility of new waves of disease. METHODS: A narrative review was conducted through a search in MEDLINE, Lilacs, Chinese Biomedical Literature Database, and international medical societies publ...

Medical students' knowledge of the human papillomavirus (HPV), cervical cancer, and HPV vaccination

Rev. bras. educ. méd; 45 (3), 2021
Abstract: Introduction: Medical students still have many doubts regarding HPV (Human papillomavirus) and the vaccine against this virus. Objective: The study aimed to assess the University of Brasilia medical students' grasp of knowledge about HPV, its relationship with cancer, and the vaccine against ...

Virus del papiloma humano (VPH) y cáncer

Med. lab; 25 (2), 2021
Cada año, más de medio millón de mujeres en el mundo son diagnosticadas con cáncer cervical, usualmente asociado a la infección por virus del papiloma humano (VPH) de alto riesgo. Aunque la mayoría de las infecciones por VPH se resuelven dentro de un término menor de 2 años, algunos tipos virales...

Dysregulation of KIF14 regulates the cell cycle and predicts poor prognosis in cervical cancer: a study based on integrated approaches

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 54 (11), 2021
Cervical cancer (CC) is the most common malignant tumor in females. Although persistent high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is a leading factor that causes CC, few women with HPV infection develop CC. Therefore, many mechanisms remain to be explored, such as aberrant expression of oncogenes an...

Infecção pelo HPV: rastreamento, diagnóstico e conduta nas lesões HPV-induzidas
HPV Infection: Screening, Diagnosis and Management of Lesions induced HPV

Femina; 49 (3), 2021