Ononye expressed concern at the high prevalence of breast and cervical cancer in the country which, he noted, had recorded many deaths almost on a daily basis.
[USA], Aug 1 (ANI): A new study has established an association between cervical cancer and stress in patients, stating that females having cervical cancer with stress-related disorders are at a higher risk of succumbing to the disease.
| BOYS in the UK will be given the HPV jab from September in a bid to wipe out cervical cancer and prevent thousands of cases of other cancers, the Government has announced.
The Health Ministry is allocating RM2 million for phase one of its cervical cancer screening using HPV methods to be launched this month, Dr Lee Boon Chye told Parliament today.
Currently, cervical cancer causes 300,000 deaths globally each year - but according to new research it should be possible to banish the disease from most countries by the end of the century.
Cervical cancer arises from the cervix and is due to the abnormal growth of cells that have the ability to invade or spread to other parts of the body.
Growing up no one that I went to school or college with was aware of the human papillomavirus (HPV) or cervical cancer which is very common among women.
Punjab University Institute of Social and Cultural Studies Director Prof Dr Rubeena Zakar has said that child marriages must be controlled to avoid cervical cancer. She said that although the exact incidence and prevalence of cervical cancer was not known, 20 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer daily.
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