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Estudo de prevalĂȘncia de HPV na cavidade oral de um grupo de mulheres portuguesas na Universidade Fernando Pessoa
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O Cancro da Cabeça e Pescoço é uma patologia com uma das mais altas taxas de mortalidade no mundo. Em Portugal, surgem 2500 a 3000 novos casos desta doença por ano.
A etiologia Ă© multifatorial sendo que os principais fatores a ter em conta sĂŁo o tabaco e o ĂĄlcool. Outros fatores de risco podem ser biolĂłgicos como por exemplo o vĂrus do papiloma humano (HPV). Este vĂrus Ă© altamente contagioso e apresenta lesĂ”es idĂȘnticas quer orais quer genitais, talvez por isso se tenha procurado uma associação entre a carcinogĂ©nese oral e a carcinogĂ©nese cervical.
Assim, o MĂ©dico Dentista possui um papel fundamental na avaliação e deteção precoce de anomalias na cavidade oral, diagnosticando possĂveis lesĂ”es potencialmente malignas, informando tambĂ©m os seus pacientes sobre os fatores de risco que podem levar a cancro oral.
Foi realizada previamente uma revisĂŁo bibliogrĂĄfica sobre o vĂrus HPV e a sua associação ao cancro oral. Posteriormente foi elaborado um questionĂĄrio adaptado. No estudo participaram 63 mulheres (60 estudantes universitĂĄrias do Mestrado Integrado em Medicina DentĂĄria da Faculdade CiĂȘncias da SaĂșde (FCS) da Universidade Fernando Pessoa (UFP) e 3 MĂ©dicas Dentistas pertencentes Ă mesma instituição). Estas participantes foram tambĂ©m submetidas Ă recolha de amostras salivares para seguidamente serem analisadas em laboratĂłrio.
Nenhuma das voluntĂĄrias deste estudo apresentou HPV oral, mesmo apresentando alguns dos fatores de risco associados Ă sua contração: inĂcio precoce da atividade sexual e prĂĄtica de sexo oral. Estes resultados podem levar a associar o maior conhecimento com maior prevenção, sendo este grupo composto por mulheres com acesso privilegiado a informação relativa Ă saĂșde.
Compreende-se portanto que a informação que o MĂ©dico Dentista transmite ao paciente Ă© fundamental para incentivar a vacinação, prĂĄticas sexuais seguras por forma a evitar a contração do vĂrus, realizar controlo regular no consultĂłrio de Medicina DentĂĄria e ainda promover a deteção de lesĂ”es potencialmente malignas atravĂ©s do autoexame da cavidade oral.
Head and Neck Cancer is one of the highest rated mortality pathologies in the world. In Portugal, there are 2500 or 3000 new cases of this illness per year. It has a multifactorial etiology and the main risk factors are tobacco and alcohol. Other risk factors may be infectious as Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). This is a highly contagious virus that presents identical oral and genital lesions and maybe for that reason it was searched an association with the oral and cervical carcinogenesis of this virus. That way the Dentist has a crucial role in the evaluation and early detection of the anomalies in the oral cavity diagnosing possible potentially malignant lesions also teaching is patients about risk factors that may lead to oral cancer. It was previously made a review about HPV and its association to oral cancer. Then it was elaborated an adapted questionary. In this study 63 women participated (60 college students from the Dentistry Integrated Master of the Health Sciences Faculty of University Fernando Pessoa and 3 Dentists belonging to the same institution). These participants also provided saliva samples that were analyzed in a laboratory. None of the volunteers was positive for oral HPV even though presenting some of the most commonly associated risk factors to its infection: early beginning of sexual activity and practicing oral sex. These results may lead to an association between most knowledge and more prevention being this group of women with privileged access to information regarding health. Itâs understandable that the information the Dentist shares with his patients is key to promote vaccination, safe sexual relations to avoid virus infection, do regular oral control in the dentistry office and promote the detection of possibly malignant lesions through self-examining of the oral cavity.
Head and Neck Cancer is one of the highest rated mortality pathologies in the world. In Portugal, there are 2500 or 3000 new cases of this illness per year. It has a multifactorial etiology and the main risk factors are tobacco and alcohol. Other risk factors may be infectious as Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). This is a highly contagious virus that presents identical oral and genital lesions and maybe for that reason it was searched an association with the oral and cervical carcinogenesis of this virus. That way the Dentist has a crucial role in the evaluation and early detection of the anomalies in the oral cavity diagnosing possible potentially malignant lesions also teaching is patients about risk factors that may lead to oral cancer. It was previously made a review about HPV and its association to oral cancer. Then it was elaborated an adapted questionary. In this study 63 women participated (60 college students from the Dentistry Integrated Master of the Health Sciences Faculty of University Fernando Pessoa and 3 Dentists belonging to the same institution). These participants also provided saliva samples that were analyzed in a laboratory. None of the volunteers was positive for oral HPV even though presenting some of the most commonly associated risk factors to its infection: early beginning of sexual activity and practicing oral sex. These results may lead to an association between most knowledge and more prevention being this group of women with privileged access to information regarding health. Itâs understandable that the information the Dentist shares with his patients is key to promote vaccination, safe sexual relations to avoid virus infection, do regular oral control in the dentistry office and promote the detection of possibly malignant lesions through self-examining of the oral cavity.
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Cancro oral HPV Vacinação Fatores de risco Oral cancer HPV Vaccination Risk factors