2014, Cilt 1, Sayı 2, Sayfa(lar) 077-090
Gyneacological Cancer Control and Nursing
Kafiye EROĞLU1, Gülten KOÇ2
1Koç Üniversitesi Hemşirelik Yüksekokulu, Doğum-Kadın Hastalıkları Hemşireliği Anabilim Dalı, İstanbul, Türkiye
2Hacettepe Üniversitesi Hemşirelik Fakültesi, Doğum-Kadın Hastalıkları Hemşireliği Anabilim Dalı, Ankara, Türkiye
Keywords: Gynaeocologic cancer, cancer prevention, health promotion, nursing

The most recent data about cancer demonstrate that gynaecological cancers rank among the top ten types of cancer in terms of both incidence and mortality in the world and in Turkey. The gyneacological cancers differ from other cancers with respect to the high financial and moral burden of their therapies. For that reason, the strategies developed for cancer control in reducing the gyneacological cancer mortality and morbidity have become even more prominent.

Nurses are healthcare professionals who have crucial roles in every level of cancer control. In cancer control, a nurse assumes roles of preventing cancer, counseling during screening and diagnosis, providing care, conducting health education, managing cancer cases and carrying out research. Therefore, s/he should have enough knowledge for being able to do analysis and synthesis by doing a comprehensive diagnosis, risk identification and genetic predisposition with awareness of gynaecological cancer-related factors. Thus, personalized programs geared towards preventing the development of gynaecological cancer and reducing cancer-related deaths may be developed.