Knowledge of medical students about HPV and cervical cancer
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https://doi.org/10.5902/2236583426855Keywords:
HPV, Uterine Neoplasms, Papillomavirus Vaccines, MedicineAbstract
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is known to induce tissue lesions with oncogenic potential in epithelial tissues. Given the high global prevalence of HPV infection and associated neoplasia, we evaluated the knowledge of medical students about the characteristics of HPV and the effect of this virus infection in the general population’s health. The importance of assessing the knowledge of medical students about the HPV is based on the necessity of training medical doctors with experince on the subject in order to promote the prevention and control new HPV cancer related cases in the population. This is a descriptive study performed with medical students at the Pontifical Catholic University of Goiás (Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil), through the application of validated questionnaire that assessed the level of knowledge about HPV infection, HPV vaccine and cervical cancer, the primary tumor associated with the virus. The overall percentage of correct answers obtained from the students was 80%. By evaluating the average of responses along the development of each semester in the course. It was concluded that there was significant progression in the HPV knowledge.Downloads
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