Cervical Cancer Causes, Symptoms and Prevention

HPV is Not the only cause of cervical cancer

Cervical Cancer: Spot The Symptoms, Prevent With Cervical Screening And HPV Awareness
Find out more about cervical cancer symptoms, causes and prevention

Cervical cancer is a form of cancer that develops in a woman’s cervix, the vagina’s entrance to the womb.

Described as “uncommon” by the NHS, cervical cancer claims the lives of 1,000 women in the UK each year and remains the most common form of cancer for women under 35.

To mark gynaecological cancer awareness month HuffPost UK Lifestyle spoke to Martin Ledwick, Cancer Research UK’s head information nurse and Robert Music, chief executive of Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust, to find out more about symptoms, causes and prevention.

Read Cervical Cancer: Spot The Symptoms, Prevent With Cervical Screening And HPV Awareness
by Brogan Driscoll, 11 Sept 2013.

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  1. Cervical Cancer is responsible for more than any gynecologic-related deaths world wide than any other malady, making it the most important preventable disease in women’s health today. Worldwide each year 4, 93,243 women are diagnosed of cervical cancer of whom 2,40,000 women die of this disease (WHO). India contributes more than ¼ of the global burden. Each year about 1,32,082 cases of this cancer are diagnosed and more than 74,118 women die of this disease, this cancer being most common cancer of women in our country.And we must to make awareness programme for Cervical Cancer .
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