All Entries in the "Cervical Cancer" Category
Cervical Cancer HPV – Treatments And Prevention
Did you know that aside from breast cancer, cervical cancer also causes high mortality rate in women over the years? Cervical cancer HPV is tagged as a high-risk disease caused by hpv virus types 16 and 18. It doesn’t choose its victims but studies proved that women who are sexually active are prone to it. [...]
Cervical Cancer And The HPV Vaccine – What’s The Connection?
We are hearing a lot about Cervical cancer (which kills a woman every two minutes according to some estimates) and now getting the HPV (Human Papilloma Virus) Vaccine may help prevent it. One does indeed wonder how it is that a cancer could be prevented by a vaccine. The Cancer website explains it thus: It [...]
Precancerous Condition Increases The Risk Of Cervical Cancer
Women who have previously been diagnosed and treated for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, or CIN, are at higher risk for developing invasive cervical cancer, and for having a recurrence of severe CIN than women who have not previously had CIN. CIN is the abnormal growth of cells found on the surface of the cervix; this is [...]
Cervical Cancer Complications During Pregnancy
Unfortunately, there have been several cases where a woman finds out that she has cervical cancer, when she is pregnant. What can be done in such cases? How can the woman seek treatment, while at the same time keeping in mind the well being of the fetus growing inside her? What is the standard accepted [...]
Is There Any Link Between HPV And Cervical Cancer?
Yes, HPV can cause 100% of all cervical cancers. HPV virus can cause visible genital warts only in 1% of adults who are sexually active, whereas other types of HPV virus cause subclinical infections. HPVs that lead to genital warts are not linked to an increased cancer risk. HPV types 16, 18, 31, 33, and [...]
Cervical Cancer Prevention Should Focus On Vaccinating Adolescent Girls
The cost-effectiveness of vaccination in the United States against human papillomavirus (HPV), a sexually-transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer, will be optimized by achieving universal vaccine coverage in young adolescent girls, by targeting initial “catch-up” efforts to vaccinate women younger than 21 years of age, and by revising current screening policies, according to an analysis [...]
Rates Of Cervical Cancer Rising Among Teens
Bad news for teenage girls: while rates of cervical cancer are going down in women over 25, among 15 to 19-year-olds, rates are rising year on year. Jillian Birch, at the University of Manchester, UK, and her colleagues examined national cancer incidence data and looked specifically at young people aged 15 to 24. They noticed [...]
HPV Test – The Best Predictor Of Cervical Cancer!
The Pap smear test reporting ASCUS (atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance) is a major concern in cervical cancer screening. A Pap test resulting ASCUS refers to a mild abnormality in the cervix. Most of the Pap-detected mild abnormalities go away without any treatment. As Pap smear may not clarify the abnormality until cancer has [...]
