|
Recommendations for Contraceptive Use |
|
|
|
 |
Cervical Cancer Prevention |
Q.1. Why is cervical cancer an
important women's reproductive health issue?
|
|
|
| a) Squamous cell cervical cancer
is the most common cancer in women in the developing world. |
a) Each year, half a million
cases are diagnosed.
- Manos M. Cervical cancer as a sexually
transmitted disease. Report of Emerging Issues in Reproductive Health Meeting. Tiberon CA,
The Population Council, June 15, 1995.
- Parkin DM, Pisani P, Ferlay J.
Estimates of the worldwide incidence of 18 major cancers in 1985. International Journal of
Cancer 1993;54:594-606.
|
| |
|
| b) The number of cases of
cervical cancer in developing countries is likely to increase significantly. |
b) As populations age, as the
number of human papilloma virus (HPV)-infected women increase and as the number of women
with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-related immuno-suppression increases during the
coming decades, the number of women with cervical cancer is likely to increase. HIV
increases susceptibility to cervical cancer and pre-cancer.
- Bishop A, Wells E, Sherris J, Tsu V,
Crook B. Cervical cancer: evolving prevention strategies for developing countries.
Reproductive Health Matters 1995;6(November):60-71.
|
| |
|
| c) Cervical cancer is deadly. |
c) An estimated 203,000 women
die annually.
- Kingman S. Human Papilloma virus
vaccine tested in cervical cancer. The Journal of NIH Research, 1995.
|
|
