Knowledge and practices on gynecological care for medical students: breast self-exam and Pap test

Currently, cancer is highly explored and seen as a major public health problem in the world. In Brazil, among different types of cancer that affect women, breast cancer and cervical cancer are the most frequent disturbances among gynecological cancers.1 Although there is a very high rate of cancer incidence. The cancer mortality reduction was being observed; especially in young women.2 Authors relate this fact with an increase in early neoplastic lesions detection as well as treatment efficiency. It became possible through breast cancer screening programs such as mammography which cause a breast cancer mortality reduction and an early lesion detection in subclinical forms, what happens primarily in European countries.3