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Cervical cancer, the most common type of cancer for women occurs in the cells of the lower part of the uterus known as the cervix. It is also one of the most preventable cancers and can be cured...

Screening for cervical cancer was originally started by Papanicolaou in 1943 after the publication of the book "Diagnosis of uterine cancer" by vaginal smear and was responsible for a dramatic fall in the incidence and mortality caused by cervical cancer in western countries

India rank's no. 1 in cancer cervix, this is largely because we believe that leucorrhoea (white discharge per vagina) is normal to occur. This leucorrhoea is primarily because of a variety of genital infections like candidiasis, trichomoniasis, vaginosis etc. These vaginal infections render the genital tract susceptible to HPV (Human Papilloma Virus) infection. When we come across HPV, usually 80% of HPV infections are cleared off by our immunity. But if our immunity is hampered due to these vaginal infections, promiscuity, early age at intercourse, smoking etc, we tend to harbor this organism in our cervical cells (cells the f mouth of uterus). There HPV causes sequence of changes ranging from ASCOUS, AGOUS, CIN1, CIN2, CIN3, carcinoma in situ to florid Cancer cervix (cancer of mouth of uterus). These changes take about 10-12 years before conversion to florid cancer giving us a window for catching the diseases in its infancy.

There are more than 200 types of HPV. Most of them are not harmful and disappear on their own. But at least a dozen types of HPV can remain in the body and sometimes cause cancer. Two in particular cause the majority of cases of cervical cancer. These types are called high-risk HPV. learn the signs symptoms, risk factors, causes and treament of Cervical cancer