FACTS ON CERVICALCANCER IN THE UK
THERE ARE NOW MORE OPTIONS FOR TREATMENT OF THE ILLNESS THEN EVER BEFORE
GENETIC SCREENING WHERE FAMILY MEMBERS ARE TESTED FOR THE CANCER IS NOW VERY COMMON
CANCER CLINICS LIKE THE LOC IN LONDON HAVE THEIR OWN DRUG DEVELOPMENT CENTRES TO PROVIDE BETTER OPTIONS FOR TREATMENT THAN TRADITIONAL PATHS
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RESEARCH FOR CERIVCAL CANCER IS ON THE RISE
AFTER THE BREAKTHROUGHS PROVIDED FROM THE HPV VACCINE, MORE RESEARCH HAS BEEN PLACED ON FINDING A CURE FOR THOSE MORE EXPOSED TO HPV, WHETHER THROUGH LIFESTYLE OR INDIRECT FACTORS
SEXSEXUAL ACTIVITY PLAYS A LARGE PART, WHILE OTHER ‘POPULAR’ LIFESTYLE FACTORS DONTE.G. SMOKING IS ONLY ESTIMATED TO ACCOUNT FOR 7% OF CERIVCAL CANCER DIAGNOSES
SURPRISINGLY, LIFESTYLE IS ONE OF THE MAJOR FACTORS FOR THIS CANCER TYPE
EVEN MORE SURPRISING, AGE IS A MAJOR FACTOR. UNLIKE MOST OTHER CANCERS, AGE HERE RELATES TO YOUNGER FEMALES BEING MORE AT RISK
ROUGHLY 2 WOMEN DIE A DAY IN THE UK FROM THE ILLNESS
SINCESINCE THE 1970S, DEATHS FROM THE CANCER HAVE DROPPED OVER 70%
ON AVERAGE, 8 FEMALES ARE DAIAGNOSED WITH CERVICAL CANCER EVERY DAY IN THE UK
CERVICAL SCREENING IS THE MAIN PREVENTION AGAINST THE ILLNESS. IT CAN PREVENT SOMEWHERE IN THE AREA OF 45% OF CANCER CASES FOR WOMEN AGED OVER 30
THE NUMBER OF DITHE NUMBER OF DIAGNOSES WILL HOPEFULY GET EVEN LOWER IN THIS AGE BRACKET SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE HPV VACCINATION IN 2008, HELPING GIRLS AGED 1213 DRAMATICALLY REDUCE THEIR RISK OF EVER HAVING THE ILLNESS
CERVICAL CANCER IS THE MOST COMMON CANCER TYPE FOR FEMALES UNDER 35
IT IS UNIQUE IN THAT IT HAS A 100% PREVENTION RATE
IT ALSO HAS A HIGH SURIVIAL RATE OF 63% IN THE UK