Nursing Assistance Related to Uterine Cancer

• Autor(a) principal: Souza, Simone Aparecida Noronha de
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Souto, Giancarlo Rodrigues, Santos, Walquiria Lene dos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Revista JRG de Estudos Acadêmicos
• Texto Completo: http://revistajrg.com/index.php/jrg/article/view/99
• topic: Câncer Uterino. Assistência. Enfermagem.; Cervical Cancer. Diagnosis. Treatment. Mortality

Cervical cancer is the third leading cause of mortality for women, since invading the adjacent tissues impulsively affects a specific set of cells. The objective of the article was to: Describe the role of nurses in cervical cancer prevention and its specific objectives: To identify the causes that increase the impetus for cervical cancer in women with active sexual life; To show the importance of nurses' performance in the precaution of cervical cancer; Detect the need for early diagnosis. This article was based on bibliographic research and electronic journals, with the inclusion criteria available in the SciELO and LILACS platforms from 2011 to 2019. Cervical carcinoma is considered the third cause of Brazilian female mortality, although it is one of the priorities in the National Cancer Policy, the non-effectiveness of preventive programs is still notorious, sometimes due to the inefficiency of adequate treatment, other times because despite the increase in Pap smear, women do not continue treatment, of death among women. It has been observed that cervical cancer is in fact a malignant neoplasm and its evolution occurs slowly or progressively. Although the government has invested in prevention programs, we still have a high rate in the female population with carcinoma of the uterus. It is one of the major causes of female mortality in Brazil.