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<\/a>Detail of Venus of Urbino, 1538. Source: Wickipedia.<\/p><\/div>\n
Despite the dissemination of preventive measures against cervical cancer, the disease remains a serious health problem in Brazil.<\/p>\n
The persistence of the disease, especially in the poorest regions, is the subject of the article “From gynaecology offices to screening campaigns: a brief history of cervical cancer prevention in Brazil<\/a>\u201d, written by the researcher Antonio Texeira and published in HCS-Manguinhos (vol.22 no.1 Rio de Janeiro Jan.\/Mar. 2015).<\/p>\n According to Teixeira, less educated women and those living in precarious conditions, with limited access to the public health system are at higher risk of developing the disease.<\/p>\n \u201cStudies show that taking the Pap Test is something related to levels of education. Less educated women tend to go the doctor less often, and to avoid, the Papa Test. They don\u00b4t know what it is for, they don\u2019t know it is for cancer, they are afraid of it\u201d, said the researcher.<\/p>\n Another problem, according to him, is the quality of the exam, which in Brazil can be poor. False-negative results put women’s health at risk. Therefore, women are advised to take two exams within one year and then every three years. Modern techniques can soon identify the HPV virus. But those machines are not already available in the Brazilian health system.<\/p>\n Read this full story in Portuguese<\/a>.<\/p>\n Articles about cancer in HCS-Manguinhos:<\/p>\n Teixeira, Luiz Antonio.\u00a0From gynaecology offices to screening campaigns: a brief history of cervical cancer prevention in Brazil<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos<\/i>, Mar 2015, vol.22, no.1, p.221-239. ISSN 0104-5970<\/p>\n Buschini, Jos\u00e9 D.\u00a0La conformaci\u00f3n del c\u00e1ncer como objeto cient\u00edfico y problema sanitario en la Argentina: discursos, pr\u00e1cticas experimentales e iniciativas institucionales, 1903-1922<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos<\/i>, Jun 2014, vol.21, no.2, p.457-475. ISSN 0104-5970<\/p>\n Carrillo, Ana Mar\u00eda.\u00a0Entre el ‘sano temor’ y el ‘miedo irrazonable’:\u00a0la Campa\u00f1a Nacional Contra el C\u00e1ncer en M\u00e9xico<\/a>.\u00a0Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos<\/i>, Jul 2010, vol.17, suppl.1, p.89-107. ISSN 0104-5970<\/p>\n