Tipos histológicos do câncer do colo do útero associado com a infecção pelo HPV em pacientes atendidas em hospital de referência oncológica no estado do Pará

To evaluate the prevalence of histological types of cervical cancer associated with HPV infection in patients seen at an oncology referral hospital in a municipality in the state of Para. Observational and retrospective cross-sectional study of a descriptive character, being documentary research, based on the survey of epidemiological data secondary data extracted from the tumor files, and from the patient records of the chosen Hospital. A total of 276 officially registered cases, the variable age group was observed, with the highest rate corresponding to the group aged 40 to 60 years (202 records - 73.18%), with the group aged 60 or over having 74 cases. With regard to the most prevalent risk factors in relation to cervical cancer, it was observed that those who had the risk factors for cervical cancer with the presence of HPV corresponded to half of the cases (with 138 cases - 50.0%), with those who did not have risk factors equivalent to 105 cases (38.0%), with those without information having 33 cases (12.0%). It is concluded that there are factors that influence the late diagnosis and the neglect of predictive signs and symptoms of cervical cancer.