Vaginal cancer primary prevention
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Syed Musadiq Ali M.B.B.S.[2]
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Overview
Best way to reduce the risk of vaginal cancer is to avoid known risk factors and to find and treat any vaginal pre-cancers.
Primary Prevention
Avoid being exposed to HPV
Delay sex: Waiting to have sex until you are older can help you avoid HPV.
Use condoms: Condoms provide some protection against HPV.
Avoidance of smoking:Clinical survey show no smoking is another important way to reduce the risk of cervical precancer and cancer.
Get vaccinated: Vaccines have been developed that can protect women from HPV infections[3]. The development of a quadrivalent HPV recombinant prophylactic vaccine represents the first time in history that primary prevention of gynaecological cancers is offered to girls and women[3].
Regular gynecological examinations
- Pap test
- Treatment of precancerous abnormalities
References
- ↑ Saraiya M, Unger ER, Thompson TD, Lynch CF, Hernandez BY, Lyu CW, Steinau M, Watson M, Wilkinson EJ, Hopenhayn C, Copeland G, Cozen W, Peters ES, Huang Y, Saber MS, Altekruse S, Goodman MT (June 2015). "US assessment of HPV types in cancers: implications for current and 9-valent HPV vaccines". J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 107 (6): djv086. doi:10.1093/jnci/djv086. PMID 25925419.
- ↑ Serrano B, de Sanjosé S, Tous S, Quiros B, Muñoz N, Bosch X, Alemany L (September 2015). "Human papillomavirus genotype attribution for HPVs 6, 11, 16, 18, 31, 33, 45, 52 and 58 in female anogenital lesions". Eur. J. Cancer. 51 (13): 1732–41. doi:10.1016/j.ejca.2015.06.001. PMID 26121913.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Diaz ML (August 2010). "Prevention of cervical, vaginal, and vulval cancers: role of the quadrivalent human papillomavirus (6, 11, 16, 18) recombinant vaccine". Int J Womens Health. 1: 119–29. PMC 2971720. PMID 21072282.