Cervical cancer in pregnant women of the Isle of Youth (2014)

Abstract

Introduction: Cancer is a rare condition during pregnancy. Due to the general tendency to delay the reproductive stage at advanced ages and the effect that assisted reproduction techniques have on this phenomenon; the coincidence of cancer and pregnancy is increased. Although the in situ carcinoma constitutes an early injury, unusualness cell throughout the epithelium denotes a major concern for physicians in the field of Gynecology and Obstetrics.
Objective: Present the incidence of cervical cancer during a year in pregnant women in Isla de la Juventud.
Methods: Details of six pregnant women, who were diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2014, are presented.
Results: For over a decade in the Isle of Youth, cancer has been identified as one of its major health problems, and within this, the cervical location; with increasing values of incidence and a shift to younger populations groups.
Conclusions: The diagnosis of these malignancies in a pregnant woman has not been discussed earlier in the Isle of Youth territory, so information presented in this article on the diagnosis and therapeutic management of a small series of six cases treated during 2014 is new and interesting.