Background: Cervical cancer is the most common and most lethal gynecological cancer in Mexico.
Objective: To show epidemiological aspects of patients with cervical cancer treated at General Hospital of Mexico with Seguro Popular (free of cost health plan).
Material and method: A retrospective, observational and descriptive study of files from patients with cervical cancer treated at General Hospital of Mexico, from January 2005 to December 2008.
Results: We attended 1,217 patients, 69% of them came from some state of the country; 725 (59%) only had basic studies and 181 (15%) didn't study; 692 (57%) had their first intercourse before 18 years old; 772 (63%) had more than three children and 629 (55%) never had made a cervical cytology; 1,090 (89%) had diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma and 127 (11%) adenocarcinomas; 990 (81%) were invasive carcinomas and 227 (19%) in situ; 580 patients (51%) had FIGO stages 0 and I, and 555 (49%) stages II-IV. For stages 0, the median age was 35 years, for stage I, 42 years; 50 years for stage II, 54 for stage III and 51 for stage IV.
Conclusions: This study showed that 69% of the patients came from some state of the country, a frequency of carcinomas in situ lesser than reported at other series in this country and 49% of advanced stages. Most patients had risk factors reported for this disease.