Cervical Cancer

How it works

Risks & contraindications

Comparisons

Background

Where it comes from

Highlighted claims

• High-risk HPV subtypes 16 and 18 cause at least 70% of cervical cancer cases. — Protocol for exploring health promoter-led mental wellness initiatives for early prevention, screening and quality of life in patients with cervical cancer of rural Eastern Cape, South Africa: a mixed-methods study
• Low- and middle-income countries carry more than 80% of the global cervical cancer burden. — Protocol for exploring health promoter-led mental wellness initiatives for early prevention, screening and quality of life in patients with cervical cancer of rural Eastern Cape, South Africa: a mixed-methods study
• Cervical cancer was the fourth most common cancer among women globally in 2022 by both incidence and mortality. — Protocol for exploring health promoter-led mental wellness initiatives for early prevention, screening and quality of life in patients with cervical cancer of rural Eastern Cape, South Africa: a mixed-methods study
• South Africa has among the highest cervical cancer incidence and mortality rates in sub-Saharan Africa. — Protocol for exploring health promoter-led mental wellness initiatives for early prevention, screening and quality of life in patients with cervical cancer of rural Eastern Cape, South Africa: a mixed-methods study
• Cervical cancer is often missed when screening does not occur because early symptoms are limited or absent. — Protocol for exploring health promoter-led mental wellness initiatives for early prevention, screening and quality of life in patients with cervical cancer of rural Eastern Cape, South Africa: a mixed-methods study
• The OR Tambo hospitals named in the protocol have a high recorded cervical cancer caseload. — Protocol for exploring health promoter-led mental wellness initiatives for early prevention, screening and quality of life in patients with cervical cancer of rural Eastern Cape, South Africa: a mixed-methods study