Vaccination, tests can curtail cervical cancer
Kathy Hubbard Columnist | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 9 years, 11 months AGO
Once the most common causes of cancer death for American women, cervical cancer is on the decline. This is good news. In the last 30 years, according to the American Cancer Society, cervical cancer death rate has gone down by more than 50 percent.
The main reason for the decline in cervical cancer cases is the increased use of screening tests. “Screening can find changes in the cervix before cancer develops. It can also find cervical cancer early — in its most curable stage.
“Another way to prevent cervical cancer is to get vaccinated against human papilloma virus (HPV), which causes most cases of cervical cancer,” ACS states.
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