Question 252 · LEK · Cervical cancer
Indicate which of the activities below is an example of primary prevention in gynecologic onology:
- A. cytology.
- B. HPV vaccination.
- C. colposcopy.
- D. HPV genotyping.
- E. cervical conization/LLETZ.
Hint
Primary prevention acts before the disease process starts, by removing its cause rather than detecting lesions.
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