FACTS ON CERVICALCANCER IN THE UK

THERE ARE NOW MORE OPTIONS FOR TREATMENT OF THE ILLNESS THEN EVER BEFORE

GENETIC SCREENING WHERE FAMILY MEMBERS ARE TESTED FOR THE CANCER IS NOW VERY COMMON

CANCER CLINICS LIKE THE LOC IN LONDON HAVE THEIR OWN DRUG DEVELOPMENT CENTRES TO PROVIDE BETTER OPTIONS FOR TREATMENT THAN TRADITIONAL PATHS

YYOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT CERVICAL CANCER ATWWW.THELOC.COM/SPECIALISM/CERVICALCANCER

RESEARCH FOR CERIVCAL CANCER IS ON THE RISE

AFTER THE BREAKTHROUGHS PROVIDED FROM THE HPV VACCINE, MORE RESEARCH HAS BEEN PLACED ON FINDING A CURE FOR THOSE MORE EXPOSED TO HPV, WHETHER THROUGH LIFESTYLE OR INDIRECT FACTORS

SEXSEXUAL ACTIVITY PLAYS A LARGE PART, WHILE OTHER ‘POPULAR’ LIFESTYLE FACTORS DONTE.G. SMOKING IS ONLY ESTIMATED TO ACCOUNT FOR 7% OF CERIVCAL CANCER DIAGNOSES

SURPRISINGLY, LIFESTYLE IS ONE OF THE MAJOR FACTORS FOR THIS CANCER TYPE

EVEN MORE SURPRISING, AGE IS A MAJOR FACTOR. UNLIKE MOST OTHER CANCERS, AGE HERE RELATES TO YOUNGER FEMALES BEING MORE AT RISK

ROUGHLY 2 WOMEN DIE A DAY IN THE UK FROM THE ILLNESS

SINCESINCE THE 1970S, DEATHS FROM THE CANCER HAVE DROPPED OVER 70%

ON AVERAGE, 8 FEMALES ARE DAIAGNOSED WITH CERVICAL CANCER EVERY DAY IN THE UK

CERVICAL SCREENING IS THE MAIN PREVENTION AGAINST THE ILLNESS. IT CAN PREVENT SOMEWHERE IN THE AREA OF 45% OF CANCER CASES FOR WOMEN AGED OVER 30

THE NUMBER OF DITHE NUMBER OF DIAGNOSES WILL HOPEFULY GET EVEN LOWER IN THIS AGE BRACKET SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE HPV VACCINATION IN 2008, HELPING GIRLS AGED 1213 DRAMATICALLY REDUCE THEIR RISK OF EVER HAVING THE ILLNESS

CERVICAL CANCER IS THE MOST COMMON CANCER TYPE FOR FEMALES UNDER 35

IT IS UNIQUE IN THAT IT HAS A 100% PREVENTION RATE

IT ALSO HAS A HIGH SURIVIAL RATE OF 63% IN THE UK