Standards in Gynecologic Oncology. Introduction to the Symposium

Abstract

In this symposium we discuss some current issues in oncological gynecology, such as vaccines against the human papillomavirus (HPV), minimally invasive surgery in gynecological cancer and the preoperative assessment of the adnexal mass. In addition, the most important genetic syndromes are reviewed. The World Health Organization in 2017 has pronounced on vaccines against HPV, declaring them very safe and recommending universal vaccination in girls from 9 to 14 years old (1). This requires physicians in general and especially pediatricians, gynecologists and gynecologists oncologists to know well the information on the safety and efficacy of such vaccines and their proper management, even more so with a national program of vaccination against free HPV by the Ministry of health. It is important that the population receives accurate and clear information about current medical knowledge about these vaccines, clearing the unfounded fears that still exist in our environment. Only by combining the best primary and secondary prevention strategies will it be possible to reverse the high morbidity and mortality of cervical cancer in our country; hence the importance of this revision. It is a new standard in medical practice (2).