Global InformationCervical cancer information
| Cervical cancer | |
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| Location of cervical cancer and an example of normal and abnormal cells | |
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| Specialty | Oncology |
| Symptoms | Early: none[2] Later: vaginal bleeding, pelvic pain, pain during sexual intercourse[2] |
| Usual onset | Over 10 to 20 years[3] |
| Types | Squamous cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, others[4] |
| Causes | Human papillomavirus infection (HPV)[5][6] |
| Risk factors | Smoking, weak immune system, birth control pills, starting sex at a young age, many sexual partners or a partner with many sexual partners[2][4][7] |
| Diagnostic method | Cervical screening followed by a biopsy[2] |
| Prevention | Regular cervical screening, HPV vaccines, sexual intercourse with condoms,[8][9] sexual abstinence |
| Treatment | Surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy[2] |
| Prognosis | Five-year survival rate: 68% (US) 46% (India)[10] |
| Frequency | 604,127 new cases (2020)[11] |
| Deaths | 341,831 (2020)[11] |
Cervical cancer is a cancer arising from the cervix or in the any layer of the wall of the cervix.[2] It is due to the abnormal growth of cells that have the ability to invade or spread to other parts of the body.[12] Early on, typically no symptoms are seen.[2] Later symptoms may include abnormal vaginal bleeding, pelvic pain or pain during sexual intercourse.[2] While bleeding after sex may not be serious, it may also indicate the presence of cervical cancer.[13]
Human papillomavirus infection (HPV) causes more than 90% of cases;[5][6] most who have had HPV infections, however, do not develop cervical cancer.[3][14] HPV 16 and 18 strains are responsible for nearly 50% of high grade cervical pre-cancers.[15] Other risk factors include smoking, a weak immune system, birth control pills, starting sex at a young age, and having many sexual partners, but these are less important.[2][4] Genetic factors also contribute to cervical cancer risk.[16] Cervical cancer typically develops from precancerous changes called cervical intraepithelial neoplasia over 10 to 20 years.[3] About 90% of cervical cancer cases are squamous cell carcinomas, 10% are adenocarcinoma, and a small number are other types.[4] Diagnosis is typically by cervical screening followed by a biopsy.[2] Medical imaging is then done to determine whether or not the cancer has spread.[2]
HPV vaccines protect against two to seven high-risk strains of this family of viruses and may prevent up to 90% of cervical cancers.[9][17][18] As a risk of cancer still exists, guidelines recommend continuing regular Pap tests.[9] Other methods of prevention include having few or no sexual partners and the use of condoms.[8] Cervical cancer screening using the Pap test or acetic acid can identify precancerous changes, which when treated, can prevent the development of cancer.[19] Treatment may consist of some combination of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy.[2] Five-year survival rates in the United States are 68%.[20] Outcomes, however, depend very much on how early the cancer is detected.[4]
Worldwide, cervical cancer is both the fourth-most common type of cancer and the fourth-most common cause of death from cancer in women.[3] In 2012, an estimated 528,000 cases of cervical cancer occurred, with 266,000 deaths.[3] This is about 8% of the total cases and total deaths from cancer.[21] About 70% of cervical cancers and 90% of deaths occur in developing countries.[3][22] In low-income countries, it is one of the most common causes of cancer death with an incidence rate of 47.3 per 100,000 women.[23][19] In developed countries, the widespread use of cervical screening programs has dramatically reduced rates of cervical cancer.[24] Expected scenarios for the reduction of mortality due to cervical cancer worldwide (and specially in low-income countries) have been reviewed, given assumptions with respect to the achievement of recommended prevention targets using triple-intervention strategies defined by WHO.[25] In medical research, the most famous immortalized cell line, known as HeLa, was developed from cervical cancer cells of a woman named Henrietta Lacks.[26]
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