Serviks cancer is cancer that occurs most often in women in the country. Every woman regardless of age and background risk of cancer serviks affected because of the infection or virus reinfection Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) types 16 and 18 which together represent 71 percent of the main causes of cancer. In fact, this type of cancer can actually be prevented.
“We participated in a number concerned with the high incidence of cancer serviks in Indonesia, especially because this disease is the burden of health, economic, social, and for women everywhere,” said the Chairman of Social Services Cancer Foundation of Australia Melissa S Luwia in Jakarta.
Chairman of the Field Extension Education and Cancer Foundation of Australia Sumarjati Arjoso add, counseling about the dangers of cancer and prevent serviks need to be encouraged so that more women in Indonesia have the opportunity to obtain information about early detection and prevention of cancer serviks. “The role of cancer survivor serviks can provide support and information to help cancer patients serviks alleviate ,” he said.
Teachers of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia and Chairman of the Oncology Association gynecology Indonesia (Hogi) Prof. Farid Aziz explained, serviks cancer is a disease of cancer can be prevented. However, more than 70 percent of self-examined in the coming stages, so many more deaths because the cause is found and treated too late.
“We call to the women to do since early prevention. Early detection with the Pap test is practiced in developed countries showed very satisfactory results with a lower death rate due to cancer serviks more than half,” he said. Constraints in developing countries is the early detection and vaccination is relatively expensive and require high cost, experts, and good organizations.
Therefore, in the developing countries have chosen a more practical and cheaper, the IVA or visual inspection with acetate acid as a substitute for Pap tests. A more practical, if obstacles can be overcome is the cost of the vaccination. “This is very practical because it is the injection, not require complex equipment and have a high effectiveness,” said Farid.
Prof. Samsuridjal Djauzi from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, General Hospital Center Cipto Mangunkusumo states, not as a number of other viruses, if a woman infected with HPV virus, it does not mean that women will have any immunity against the virus. “He remains a risk for a recurrent infection of HPV types of the same or different, and remain exposed to the risk of cancer serviks,” he said.
“Serviks cancer vaccines work by increasing the body’s immunity to be able to protect from infection or re-infection of HPV that can cause cancer serviks,” said Samsuridjal. From the latest clinical studies, the vaccine adjuvant cancer serviks can provide protection for a wide range of types of HPV cause cancer with the long period of protection and the price more affordable for many women.
