Importance of cervical screening

Preventive measures

ISBN: 978-613-0-14932-1
Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 184 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 220 mm

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Medical reports have highlighted that despite much better treatment and even available vaccines, cervical cancer stays the most common type of cancer in women under 35! Official statistics have shown that there are more than 3, 000 cases of cervical cancer across the globe annually. Doctors and medical analysts have underlined that the persistence of the cervical cancer cases is principally due to the limited number of women who have smear tests! Basically, the current smear test takes a swab from the lining of the cervix to be tested for cancerous cells. Medical scientists have laid emphasis on the fact that women fail to understand the importance of screening. Doctors and health professionals are sensitizing the female population about how screening is essential while also showing them the ways which can be adopted to stop cervical cancer from developing further. Health experts have advanced that cervical cancer can be halted while leaving a survival rate of 80% to 100% behind it only if it is detected early...

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thomson-Smith, Lydia D.