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  1. Cervical cancer: Epidemiology, risk factors and screening

    Epidemiology for cervical cancer. Cervical cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer death among women ().Over the past 30 years, the increasing proportion of young women affected by cervical cancer has ranged from 10% to 40% ().According to the WHO and International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) estimates, the year 2008 saw 529,000 new cases of cervical cancer globally.

  2. (PDF) CERVICAL CANCER -An Overview

    India. Abstract. Cervical cancer develops in a woman's cervix (the entrance to the uterus from the vagina). Almost all cervical cancer cases (99%) are linke d to infection with high-risk human ...

  3. PDF Comprehensive cervical cancer prevention and control:

    cervical cancer prevention and control, and highlights the need for collaboration across programmes, organizations, and partners. 1 Visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA). KEY FACTS ABOUT CERVICAL CANCER • Every year more than 270 000 women die from cervical cancer, more than 85% of these deaths are in low and middle income countries.

  4. Cervical cancer therapies: Current challenges and future perspectives

    Globally, cervical cancer is the fourth most common female cancer after breast, colorectal, and lung cancer and accounts for 600 000 new cases and 340 000 deaths annually [ 1, 3, 4 ]. Importantly, approximately 83% of all new cervical cancer cases and 88% of all deaths occur in LMICs [ 3, 4 ]. Indeed, cervical cancer is the leading cause of ...

  5. The IARC Perspective on Cervical Cancer Screening

    Cervical cancer screening was evaluated in 2005 by the Interna-tional Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Handbooks program,1 and a reevaluation was deemed to be timely given the major advances ...

  6. PDF Comprehensive Cervical Cancer Control

    challenge posed by cancer was reiterated by the World Health Assembly in 2005, in Resolution 58.22 on Cancer Prevention and Control, which emphasized the need for comprehensive and integrated action to stop this global epidemic. Cervical cancer is the second most common type of cancer among women, and was

  7. PDF Cervical cancer prognosis and related risk factors for ...

    Cervical cancer is the most common malignant tumor in the female reproductive system, and it is one of the lead- ... In addition, most of the studies lacked in-depth research on the time to ...

  8. PDF Comprehensive Cervical Cancer Control

    Reproductive Health and Research WHO Headquarters Geneva, Switzerland Linda O'Neal Eckert Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of Washington Seattle, WA, USA Andreas Ullrich ... cervical cancer prevention and control programmes..... 218 Practice Sheet 3.1: Key messages for cervical cancer outreach and education .. 222 ...

  9. PDF New WHO recommendations on screening and treatment to prevent cervical

    4 WHO guideline for screening and treatment of cervical pre-cancer lesions for cervical cancer prevention, second edition. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2021. 5 To be concise and facilitate readability, we use the term "women" in this brief, although we recognize that all gender diverse people with a female reproductive system are at risk for cervical cancer.

  10. (PDF) Cervical Cancer: Etiology, Pathogenesis, Treatment, and Future

    PDF | Cervical cancer is a sexually transmitted disease caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV), especially HPV-16 and -18. Of the half million new... | Find, read and cite all the research you ...

  11. Integrated genomic and molecular characterization of cervical cancer

    Here we report the extensive molecular characterization of 228 primary cervical cancers, one of the largest comprehensive genomic studies of cervical cancer to date. We observed notable APOBEC ...

  12. PDF Systematic literature review of primary and secondary cervical cancer

    Keywords Uterine cervical neoplasms; papillomavirus vaccines; mass screening; South America. Cervical cancer (CC) is the fourth most common cancer in women and the fourth leading cause of death from cancer in women worldwide. In 2020, there were an estimated 604 000 new cases and 342 000 deaths due to the disease worldwide (1).

  13. PDF Cervical Cancer

    FOUNDATION OMENS ff CERVICAL CANCER: YOUR GUIDE. 3. Cervical Cancer: An Overview. Cancer occurs when cells in an area of the body grow abnormally. Cervical cancer is a cancer that begins in the cervix, the part of the . uterus or womb that opens into the vagina. It is the part of the . uterus that dilates and opens fully to allow a baby to pass ...

  14. Enhancing cervical cancer detection and robust classification ...

    Cervical cancer, the second most prevalent cancer affecting women, arises from abnormal cell growth in the cervix, a crucial anatomical structure within the uterus. The significance of early ...

  15. Screening for cervical cancer

    Screening for cervical cancer is recommended for individuals with a cervix starting at age 25 years. For individuals aged 25 to 65 years, screening should be done with a primary HPV test* every 5 years. If primary HPV testing is not available, screening may be done with either cotesting that combines an HPV test with a Papanicolaou (Pap) test ...

  16. Cervical Cancer Research

    Find research articles on cervical cancer, which may include news stories, clinical trials, blog posts, and descriptions of active studies. ... The rates of timely cervical cancer screening fell between 2005 and 2019, researchers found, and disparities existed among groups of women. The most common reason for not receiving timely screening was ...

  17. Current gaps and opportunities in screening, prevention, and treatment

    Cervical cancer survival is defined most by stage at diagnosis, thus interventions that improve treatment of preinvasive lesions have a dramatic impact on the population ultimately diagnosed with cervical cancer. Research on prevention and screening efforts can be focused on how to move beyond office-based interventions toward community-based ...

  18. (PDF) Research progress of metabolomics in cervical cancer

    Objectives The aim of this study is to review the metabolic changes in cervical cancer and the application of metabolomics in the diagnosis and treatment. Methods PubMed, Web of Science, Embase ...

  19. PDF Cancer Today

    CANCER TODAY enables a comprehensive assessment of the cancer burden worldwide in 2022, based on the GLOBOCAN estimates of incidence, mortality and prevalence for year 2022 in 185 countries or territories for 36 cancer types by sex and age group.

  20. Closing the Cervical Cancer Screening Gap—Reaching Sexual and Gender

    Cervical cancer screening (CCS) remains an incredibly powerful tool for reducing cervical cancer incidence and mortality. ... a health care relationship had on whether LGB individuals obtained CCS in this study cannot be overstated. 1 Qualitative research helps to elucidate that pelvic examinations can be particularly anxiety-provoking for ...

  21. Immune Cell Infiltration and Prognostic Index in Cervical Cancer

    In this study, we aimed to predict prognosis and assess efficacy of anti-tumor therapy in cervical cancer patients based on differential genes associated with mitochondrial metabolism.Methods: Transcriptomic data and clinical profiles of cervical cancer patients were retrieved from the TCGA and GEO databases.

  22. Mayo Clinic Q&A: What to know about cervical cancer

    For cervical cancer that has advanced but has not spread to other parts of the body, chemotherapy and radiation — delivered internally, externally or both — are typically recommended. ... Research shows women who smoke are twice as likely to get cervical cancer. Kristina Butler, M.D., Obstetrics and Gynecology, ...

  23. Sexual Orientation and Cervical Cancer Screening Among Cisgender Women

    Cervical cancer screening (CCS) in the US has drastically reduced cervical cancer incidence and mortality and is recommended by the US Preventive Services Task Force. 1 Sixty-four percent of eligible individuals residing in Chicago, Illinois, were screened for cervical cancer from 2021 to 2022. 2 Systemic racism and discrimination in the health ...

  24. Exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons promotes the progression

    Low-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN1) is an early stage of cervical cancer development. Previously, we reported that exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) increases the risk of cervical precancerous lesions, especially in females with a high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) infection.

  25. (PDF) Cervical Cancer Prevention and Control

    PDF | Cervical cancer is caused by HPV (human papilloma virus). It is the second most common cancer in women living low developed countries. The... | Find, read and cite all the research you need ...

  26. What to know about cervical cancer

    By collecting cervical cells (called the Pap smear after the scientist who pioneered the screening test in the mid-1900s), cancer can be detected even at an early stage.

  27. PDF 2024-2028 NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for Research on the Health of Women

    clinical research across the cancer continuum, as well as research to reduce cancer health disparities. The Advancing NIH Research. on the Health of Women: A 2021 Conference included a focus on stagnant cervical cancer survival and highlighted gaps and opportunities in advancing research on female-specific malignancies. Life Course