Cervical Cancer

Cervical cancer is closely related to HPV infection. Women who practice early sex, unsafe sex or having multi-sex partners are more prone to cervical cancers. If someone got infected with HPV, with early detection, it is highly curable. It usually takes 5-8 years for an infected cervix to become cancerous.

For confirmed cervical cancers, stage I and stage II cases usually have 65-96% of 5-year survival rate after appropriate treatments while 35-50% for stage III cases and 15-20% for stage IV cases.

This booklet introduces the pathology, risk factors, screening tests and their abnormal findings, methods of prevention, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, staging, treatment methods and their complications and recurrence rate of cervical cancers. It also suggested some Non-governmental Organizations (NGO) where women can receive screening tests for gynecological matters.