HPV screening better at detecting cervical cancer than pap smear, trial shows Read more“The pattern we found was stunning. It was not subtle at all,” says the study’s lead author Victoria Cortessis, associate professor of clinical preventive medicine at the Keck School. There is tremendous potential.”According to the World Health Organization, about 528,000 women were diagnosed with cervical cancer worldwide in 2012, and 266,000 women died from the disease. Even if the rate of cervical cancer remains steady, the actual number of women with cervical cancer is poised to explode,” Cortessis says. “For women in the UK, attending cervical screening and having the HPV vaccine are the most effective ways to reduce the risk of cervical cancer, along with not smoking.”

Source: The Guardian November 07, 2017 21:56 UTC