Remember: Cervical Cancer Awareness
THE Jamaica Cancer Society will be placing focus on cervical cancer during Cancer Awareness Month in April.
Under the theme, ‘Cervical Cancer is the Most Preventable Cancer…Do Your Pap Smear’, the aim is to raise awareness and encourage more women to do regular screenings for early detection and treatment of abnormal cell changes.
Cervical cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths among Jamaican women between the ages of 30 to 50 years. Late-stage diagnosis is not only painful but costs millions of dollars to treat. The Human Papilloma virus, transmitted primarily via sexual contact, is responsible for 90 per cent of all cervical cancers.
Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable cancers once detected, so remember to get your Pap smears done each year.
