Browsing: Cervical Cancer

Cervical cancer is very common among women with active sexual life. Doctors suggest that women with an approximate age of 26 should get vaccinated as a prior prevention method for cervical cancer. The maximum chances of a woman to get cervical cancer are through HPV infections.

Generally, cervical cancer is found more in middle-aged women such as women aged 35-44. The cancer is diagnosed rarely in younger women below age 22. Some women do not understand the typical symptoms of pre-cervical cancer and, therefore, the risk of developing cervical cancer increases with age.

Studies suggest that cervical cancer patients can recover with proper treatment given on time, but the number of people dying from it is more as it cannot be detected in early stages in most cases.

Cervix is the lower part of the uterus. Fetus grows in the body of the uterus. Cervical cancer is the cancer of cervix. It is not a very common cancer. About 12,280 diagnoses of cervical cancer were estimated to be made by the end of 2017 in the United States.