Cervical cancer screening

Cervical cancer,screening, HPV, test, is a newer, technique,

for cancer, triage, which detects, the presence,

human, papillomavirus, infection, in the cervix,

It is more, sensitive, than the pap smear, but less specific,

and its role, in routine screening, is still evolving,

Since more, than 99%, of invasive,Cervical, cancers, screening,

worldwide, contain HPV, some researchers, recommend,

that HPV, testing, be done together, with routine cancer,

screening,

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Preventing cancer

Until, recently, the Pap smear, has remained, the principal,

technology, for preventing, cancer,

following a rapid review, of the published, literature,

liquid based ,cytology, has been incorporated, within the UK

national, screening, programme,

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Cancer-screening

the United States, it is the 8th, most common, cancer, of women.

In 1998, about 12,800 women were diagnosed, in the US, and about

4,800, died,

In 2008, in the US, an estimated 11,000, new cases,

were expected, to be diagnosed,

and about 3,870, were expected, to die, of cancer,

about half those, for the rest, of the world, which is due in

part, to the success, of screening, with the Pap smear,

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Organised Screening

In Australia, there were 734 cases, of cancer, (2005),

The number, of women, diagnosed, with cancer, has dropped,

on average, by 4.5% each year,

since organised, screening, began in 1991, (1991–2005).

Regular, two-yearly, Pap tests, can reduce, the incidence,

of cancer, by up to 90%, in Australia,

and save, 1,200 Australian, women, dying from the disease,

each year.

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