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KMID : 0354419760040030099
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Medical Postgraduate
1976 Volume.4 No. 3 p.99 ~ p.108
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An Epidemiological Study of Cancer of Uterine Cervix in Korea
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이장규/Lee, J.K.
성호경/박기복/이경희/김광희/Sung, H.K./Park, K.B./Lee, K.H./Kim, K.H.
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Abstract
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A retrospective study was done to investigate the cause of high incidence of uterine cervix cancer in Korea, Five hundred and two(502) cervical cancer patients and the same number of the matched control were interviewed at our hospital during a period of from March to November 1975.
Following were the results;
1. The risk of cervical cancer increases as the age of marriage is earlier. The risk is 13.1 times higher in women who married before 20 years of age than those after 28.
2. The risk seems to be more closely related to the number of delivery than that of pregnancy. The risk is 3.17 times higher in women who had more than 5 deliveries than those less than 4.
3. The risk is notably higher in women who lost their husbans or divorced. The risk is also higer in women who married more than twice.
4. The risk is markedly higher in women whose socioeconomic standings, namely schooling levels, income, and occupation, are low.
5. The risk is 2.8 times higher in women who live in the rural area than those of urban.
6. The parental ages and birth order have no relationships with the occurrence of cervical cancer.
7. The gonorrheal history of husbands have close relationships with cervical cancer of their wives.
8. In the present study, no significant correlation is noted between phymosis of husbands and cervical cancer of their wives.
9. A markedly higher risk is noted in women who underwent the intra-abdominal surgery.
10, The most important factors related to the occurrence of cervical cancer in Korea are the schooling levels, number of deliveries and marital status. It is stressed from this study that more systemic public education is an important preventive measure.
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