Cervical Cancer Statistics

Question: How many women die a year of breast cancer and cervical cancer in the UK? I'm writing an article on the cervical cancer jab for A level and i need some statistics on how many women die of it compared to different cancers, i'm also writing about how necessary/unnecessary the jab really is so any opinions and statistics would be great thanks :)

Answer: Honestly, I don't think a statistical comparison here is beneficial. Here's why: Women who get regular pap smears rarely get cervical cancer (though you could decrease that number even more if they were offered annually and begining at 18 or 20.) In developing countries, cervical cancer is often a top killer of women. Here are some stats: http://info.cancerresearchuk.org/cancers… Here's what you should know about cervical cancer: It used to be a top killer of women, but the pap smear can detect cervical abnormalities in the precancer stage. Still, there is no magic way to prevent cervical cancer. The way the prevent it is by removing pieces of your cervix. This will not kill you, but it can cause fertiliy problems and sexual disfunction. Also, this does nothing to cure the HPV, so cervical abnormaities may return. If they keep coming back, women have no choice but to have a hysterectomy. And for certain cervical abnormalities, the recommended treatment is alway hysterectomy. Even when the abnormalities aren't yet invasive cancer. If you have access to medical care, cervical abnormalities do not usually threaten you life, but they can have an enormous impact on your life. It's actually a little secret of gynecology that they routinely remove pieces of women's cervixes. It happens every single day to lots of women. It's so common, I seriously doubt you will be able to find any stats on it. How many LLETZ's are performed in the UK each year? No one is keeping that stat. This is pretty ridiculous, I think. Can you imagine if it was men routinely having pieces of their reproductive organs removed? There would be outrage. But since it's cervixes, no one seems to care. And here's the breast cancer stat page in case you want it. http://info.cancerresearchuk.org/cancers… Also, I think there are problems with the way these stats are kept which makes the comparison more difficlut. Typcally, ductal carcinoma in situ (Stage 0 breast cancer) counts as a cancer diagnosis. Cervical carcinoma in situ or cervical adenocarcinoma in situ (Stage 0 cervical cancer) do not count in the cervical cancer stats. Why? I'n not really sure. I guess it's so doctors can show how the pap smear is "preventing" cervical cancer. If cervical carcinoma in situ counted as a cervical cancer diagnosis, there would be BY FAR more cervical cancers than breast cancers. Good luck with your article!

Question: cervical cancer? One of my best friends just got a pap smear test and they didn't like teh results...They are going to do a leep next month..She is absolutely terrified of cervical cancer and they don't know if she has it or not....I want to be able to tell her that everything will be ok..that she probably doesn't have cancer...But I'm not going to say that because I'm ignorant about this...Can someone who has experience or knows a lot tell me the statistics or the odds...I'm sick of seeing her worry herself to death.... by the way she's only 21 years old....

Answer: I have had LEEP done. It's a way of removing the precancer cells. Cells that are abnormal basically. It's uncomfortable and if she is nervous have her doctor prescribe a sedative before she goes to relax her. After the procedure she'll have to go back to see if they removed all the bad cells. She doesn't have cancer yet, but could develop into it. So that is why they remove the cells. I was 22 when I had it done. 30 now....and everything has been fine since.

Question: My mom didn't let me get the cervical cancer vaccine? I am 16 years old and my mom didn't want me to get the vaccine ,because she said it was for sexually active people (assumed I'm not) , I wanted to get it, am I able to get the vaccine in 3 years around age 19 when I don't need parental connections to go to the doctor? What are effects of this cancer, statistics, etc?

Answer: GOOD. Your mom is being smart. Please read the link below and really do your research on this "vaccine". http://evilslutopia.com/2007/01/gardasil.html If I were in the age range, I'd never get it.

Question: Anyone know the statistics of Birth Control linking to any type of Cancer? Anyone know the statistics of Birth Control linking to any type of Cancer? I’m worried since Birth Control is a hormone and all, and on both sides of the family I have like every cancer you can think of heredity wise. Will taking Birth Control heighten my risk for Breast or Cervical Cancer or any type of cancer for that matter? My Aunt on my Mom’s side has had Cancers around her female part, and has had Breast Cancer like 3 times. My grandma on my Dad’s side had Breast Cancer, and then died from some other odd cancer (probably from all the chemo from treating the Breast Cancer). This is a big concern of mine and is why I’ve tried avoiding taking Birth Control for so long. Please give me some hard evidence to prove or disprove so I know if I’ve made a major mistake or not.

Answer: My answer is this...the success rate of birth control pills is measured in a way that you probably wouldn't expect. It is measured by comparing the number of deaths in women caused by taking birth control to the number of deaths in women caused by becoming pregnant.

Question: cervical cancer Does a women’s race affect? What are the current statistics on the frequency of occurrence of cervical cancer? Does a women’s race affect her chances of developing this cancer? What is the standard test for detecting cervical cancer?

Answer: I don't have statistics, but newest research shows that a virus may increase the risk of cervical cancer. The more sexual partners a woman has, the greater the chance of acquiring the virus. There is a new vaccine which may help decrease the risk, but condoms and limiting the number of partners are still advised.. Regular pelvic exams and pap smears may help catch any changes early. Hope this helps.

Question: How many women who get cervical cancer will die from it? Or if you have any other good cervical cancer stats, I am looking for a percentage of a group tpye of stat, so that I can say "if all of you had cancer, X amount of you would die from it" or something along those lines (class presentation). Please site your source, I need to document all statistics

Answer: The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2006 over 9,710 women will be diagnosed with cervical cancer; at least 1/3 of them will die (www.cdc.gov). Citation in APA format: Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC). (2006). HPV vaccine questions & answers. Retrieved November 8, 2006 from http://www.cdc.gov/std/hpv/STDFact-HPV-vaccine.htm

Question: My best friend was recently diagnosed with cervical cancer...? My best friend of almost 10 years was told last month she has relasped with cervical cancer, she was diagnosed 7 years ago and had the lesions frozen and did not undergo any kind of chemo or radiation. And she was told last month during her annual pap that not only has it returned but the doc feels it has spread. They did biopsy's of her hip bone, lymphnodes, nasal tissue, and eye fluid. And the doc has put her on anti-anxiety and anti-depressants and has said it will take 3 weeks for th ebiopsy results to come back and they can tell her the stage its at and everything. My question is this, my friend is a single mom with 3 kids ages 13,11,7 and she is their rock. How can i be there for my friend and help her through what will probably be the most difficult time in her whole life? I am beside myself because she didnt even tell anyone when she found out she kept it a secret for over 1 month and just now told me last week. I want to be the best friend i can and help her as much as i can but im not sure what to do at this point. I'm trying to stay positive for her and the kids but i work in healthcare so knowing the statistics of what she's going through scare me to death.On a side note as well my friend recently told me that my husband and I are named in her will to get full custody of her children in the event she dies, the fathers are not invovled with the kids at all and she feels her parents are unfit to raise her kids. She also knows that my husband and i dont have any children yet and would be able to provide a life for them that she could only dream of. Now these kids have been in my life since very young, the youngest one since birth and are everything to me, they call me auntie and my husband uncle mike and they are wonderful kids who i would do anything for. What should i do right now til we know what we're facing to be as supportive and caring as i can. Any cancer survivors or anyone going through something like this please i need advice.

Answer: First off I would I am going to say that I am very sorry. My aunt passed away two years ago from oats cancer. She had 2 kids and 3 Grandchildren. We all were told to hold our head up high and not let her see we were hurting, but that was not how she wanted it. It helped her more when we just sit down and talked to her. Your friend has a long way to go. It is going to be very hard. The treatment will be the worst. All you can do is be there even when she says she wants to be left alone let her know in little ways that you are there and always will be.

Question: PLEASE READ!!! Has anyone else gotten sick from getting the cervical cancer (papilloma virus) vaccination? I'll put my main points first, because it might get a little long. You don't have to read it all to answer. When i was twelve (I'm now 15) i had the cervical cancer vaccination (otherwise known as the papilloma virus vaccination). It made me tired the first day then incredibly ill the next day. I found out that i had crohns disease. My family, friends and even some strangers are all certain that it was the vaccination that had caused it. A guy in a health food shop (who wishes to be annonymous) said that that was what caused it even before we mentioned it. The doctors refuswe to admit it because of the statistics, but i'm not on the statistics so how can it be accurate? on the news it was reported that a girl DIED from this vaccination! How can the doctors deny that? Please help me? do you know of anyone who was sick from this vaccination? i would like to make a stand. the health shop guy wasn't trying to sell us anything. And i'm not the only one who got sick with and immune problem from the vaccination. and i don't mean JUST crohn's or even IBD, i mean in general. It said on the news that there was the biggest mass hysteria in, i can't remember how long, with this particular vaccination. How come this vaccination had way more sick people from it than anyother vaccination. thank you for your support. :) oh, and also to the second person who answered, i mean that the vaccination may be a risk to the people who might be succeptible to the disease or something. I don't really know, but i don't mean that ALL people with crohn's got their illness from this vaccination. There is no link, it's from personal experience. also, to the second person who answered, i agree that THOSE vaccinations are very important and that vaccinations are good, but they have been around for ages. This one is new and all the kinks might not have been worked out of it. Also, this is the vaccination i am talking about. This one in particular. Not vaccinations in general. and it's not bulls**t.

Answer: I am so sorry to hear it. I don't know of anyone that has/had problems, but you are not alone. Please help to spread the word that vaccinations of any kind are dangerous and most often not needed. I don't know what it is you can do, but i wish you the best.

Question: Cervical or uterine cancer? I am 18 and i am having an ultrasound tomorrow to work out why the pain in my pelvis wont go away and i haven't had a period in over 6 months. Can anyone tell me the statistics on cancer of this region in 18 year olds because i cannot find any on the internet. Thanks in a advance for anybody that takes the time to answer me. Thanks.

Answer: It is rare for uterine cancer to occur in anyone under 40. Cervical cancer could easily be picked up on a pap smear so that should have already been done. Also it is not the second most common cancer in young women 0.1% are under 20 years old and 0.5% are under 20 for uterine cancer. I agree with Tarkarri it is probably an ovarian cyst or endometriosis. I really doubt it is cancer. Best wishes.

Question: current cervical cancer rates in australia & other countries?? statistics???? thanks

Answer: 16000 diagnosed, 5000 die each year (USA) (2001) 725 diagnosed, 239 died in 2003 (Australia). And I would like to say that the cervical cancer immunisation program in Australia is rubbish. It was only approved for political reasons.

Question: DENISEDDS I have a question that you that surely you will know the answer to!? I have a question about cancer statistics. Do "in situ" cancer count in the stats? If someone, for example, has ductal carcinoma in situ, does she count in the stats of the number of women diagnosed with breast cancer? I was wondering this question because I don't believe the in situ cancers count for cervical cancer. The number is just to low to include them. But do they count for other cancers? I though since she is a cancer registrar, she would know this! Thanks.

Answer: The stats for DCIS are usually separate from the invasive cancers. If you look on the National Cancer Institute website it has its own category. For other sites like the colon they are included with the invasive cancers. They are not included at all with cervical cancer. In situ cancers of the cervix and the prostate are not even reportable. Neither are BCC and SCC of the skin even in the rare cases where they have metastases. You’re right - if cervical in situs were included the numbers would be much higher. As a side note, you will probably be happy to know that we are getting ready for some major changes in how we abstract starting with patients diagnosed in 2010. Among the changes we are going to report more information regarding HPV.

Question: Gardisil? What a joke...? Okay, I think doctors push this way too much. Some stares require that little girls get vaccinated with Gardisil before they start middle school. They say it's a "cervical cancer vaccine", but it's not. It keeps women from getting a sexually transmitted disease called HPV. There is a type of cancer that *can* be caused by HPV, but just plain ole' cervical cancer that even a virgin could get-- it does not protect against. I don't know what the statistics are, but 1.) What % of cervical cancer is caused from HPV and 2.) Do you think an 11 year old girl who doesn't understand sex or STD's might get the wrong idea, think she's protected from getting any STD, and become permiscuous? Sort of like a permission slip for her to have sex with no consequences? Umm... just so you people know, I'm not 11 years old and I don't know how you got that idea. I'm 20, married, and definitely sexually active. So please don't tell me that "one day when I'm sexually active I'll understand" because I and and I don't.

Answer: I couldn't find the exact answer to your No. 1, but I did find on the CDC site "About 30% of cervical cancers will not be prevented by the vaccine." I agree that the vaccine could cause some people to get a false sense of security. I also think it's silly to give an STD vaccine to an 11-year-old. I also think it's wrong to mandate a vaccine for a disease that can't be caught through casual contact. And you are absolutely correct that it is misleading for the manufacturer to call it a cancer vaccine. It's an HPV vaccine. Thanks for bringing this up!

Question: what do u think of this essy so far? THE DANGERS OF SMOKING Juliana Okereke Sec:7,8 All smokers must quit now!!! Scientists have discovered that smoking kills more people then Aids, alcohal, car accidents, suicide, and illegal drugs put together.Statistics shows that 22.3% of U.S citizens smoke. Smoking causes many different heath risks,coast a lot of money,and is linked to environmental tobacco smoke wich is known has second hand smoking. Studies have shown that smoking is dangerous to a smokers health including the 4,000 chemicals found in cigarettes that can cause cancer. In addention, smoking causes 30% of all cancer deaths. In 1982 Surgeon Genarl stateted that “Cigarette smoking is a major cause of cancer in the Uniated states�this is as true today as it was in 1982.But cancer is onley half of the heath problems caused by smoking.Smoking also causes heart disease, bronchitis, emphsema, and strokes.Addentionly, smoking can also cause Ostoporosic wich is a diesase that causes older people to become bent over and break there bones easily. Smoking is also said to shorthen your life by 14 years Not only can smoking harm you it can also cost you a lot of money it is estimated that smoking just a pack a day can cost you $1,800 a year,but wait there is more smoking over the course of a life time can cost you $58,400.000 dollars!!For example smoker Barney has to pay $12 perday for one and a half pack of cigarettes that’s $4,380 per year. Now that is money you could spend on something useful like helping the poor, buying a new car, and also saving up on that some thing special you may want to buy. Not only can smoking harm the smoker it can also harm the people around the smoker too this is known has second hand smoking or Enviromental tobacco smoke.Statistics says that 3,000 people die of second hand smoking each year. Furtamore there are 2 types of second hand smoking mainstream smoke and sidestream smoke.Mianstream smoke is when half of the smoke is inhaled of exhaled. Sidesream smoke is when smoke floats in the air.Second hand smoking can cause a lot of health issues like lung cancer, Nasel sinus, cavity cancer, cervical cancer, breast cancer, and blader cancer. In addention too, secondhand smoking has a greater risk on children it can worsen a kids astma condition and can cause sudden infant death or (SID). In conlusion based on my research on the dagers of smoking I think all smokers should quit because of its heath risks, expenses on ones income, and also its affects on the envioment. In fact in 1982 Surgen Geneal said that formor smokers live longer then continuing smokers. For example people who smoke that quit before the age of 50 have half the risk of dying in the next 15 years compared with continuing smokers.But even though 70% of smokers want to quit and 35% attemt to quit sadly only 5% succed in quiting.A famous quote I think has to do with smoking is “Cigarettes are killers that travel in packs� this quote tells about the danger of smoking. I think that if anyone ever choses to smoke they are making a very wrong destion.

Answer: The content of the essay is good but you have a lot of spelling and grammer mistakes that really need to be corrected. There are also a lot of run-on sentances. You should run it through spelling and grammer check before you turn it in.

Question: Doesn't It Make Sense to Give All Young Girls the HPV Vaccine? It can save lives. It can prevent suffering and death from cervical cancer, genital warts and precancerous genital lesions. Rumor has it that it the vaccine, called Gardasil, causes great pain. While it is true that some can have discomfort for a day or so after receiving the shot, it is not unbearable, and not half as painful and deadly as cervical cancer. Somehow, receiving this shot has some mothers up-in-arms, believing that giving this possibly life-saving vaccine would be like giving permission for their daughters to have illicit sex. Statistics show that an average of 11,000 women suffer from cervical cancer each year and an average of nearly 4,000 die from the condition. My question is...why would any mother forgo this kind of protection for a daughter? Doesn't it make sense to protect her from cervical cancer as well as other diseases

Answer: I am 15 and i got the last of three shots in September. Yes they hurt when you get the shot. It is more like a burning feeling but it only lasts for a few minutes. My arm really didn't hurt the next day but it was a little tender. I am really glad i got it i feel like that i am protected from the cancer. I know that it only protects from the top three strains but that is good enough for me. I think that a mother would not want to give this to her child becuase she is afried of the side effects or is afired that her daughter may think that it is ok to have sex becuse she has the shot. I think that if you are open with your daughter and she know that the shot ONLY protects from the cancer then you should give it to her. I mother should go all out to make sure her child lives a long healthy life.

Question: Need advice about my friend putting me in her last will and testament.? My best friend of almost 10 years was told last month she has relasped with cervical cancer, she was diagnosed 7 years ago and had the lesions frozen and did not undergo any kind of chemo or radiation. And she was told last month during her annual pap that not only has it returned but the doc feels it has spread. They did biopsy's of her hip bone, lymphnodes, nasal tissue, and eye fluid. And the doc has put her on anti-anxiety and anti-depressants and has said it will take 3 weeks for th ebiopsy results to come back and they can tell her the stage its at and everything. My question is this, my friend is a single mom with 3 kids ages 13,11,7 and she is their rock. How can i be there for my friend and help her through what will probably be the most difficult time in her whole life? I am beside myself because she didnt even tell anyone when she found out she kept it a secret for over 1 month and just now told me last week. I want to be the best friend i can and help her as much as i can but im not sure what to do at this point. I'm trying to stay positive for her and the kids but i work in healthcare so knowing the statistics of what she's going through scare me to death.On a side note as well my friend recently told me that my husband and I are named in her will to get full custody of her children in the event she dies, the fathers are not invovled with the kids at all and she feels her parents are unfit to raise her kids. She also knows that my husband and i dont have any children yet and would be able to provide a life for them that she could only dream of. Now these kids have been in my life since very young, the youngest one since birth and are everything to me, they call me auntie and my husband uncle mike and they are wonderful kids who i would do anything for. What should i do right now til we know what we're facing to be as supportive and caring as i can. Any cancer survivors or anyone going through something like this please i need advice. Also i do love these kids and would take them in a heartbeat if my own home life was stable but my husband and i are going through some serious personal issues right now and in fact almost divorced last month over them. I feel that my husband would not be able to handle them or the burden of suddenly becoming a 3 child family. He is only 25 after all, i am 27 but i feel better equipped to handle the kids than him because ive been around them for almost 10 yrs and my husband and i have only been married 3 yrs. I dont want to see the kids go to their grandparents in the event of my friends death because she would never want that. But i dont know if i could handle becoming a mom to 3 young kids. P.S. I actually have a real problem, so no smart a** remarks needed, go find someone else to act witty too.

Answer: First thing is first: Your friend is still alive and doesn't know what she is dealing with quite yet. So don't worry about what to do if she dies. Take care of her while she is alive. Be there for her in any way that you can. Tell her you are there for her, and that in anything she needs you will be there. It sounds like she knows that already. Don't worry now about taking care of those kids. Their mom is still alive. I know how being in healthcare can make things more real to you, and a lot scarier... but the best thing is for you to just be there for her NOW. If the time comes, God forbid, that you do need to take care of the kids, well then you cross that bridge when it comes. I don't know what your religious views are, but in my own views, God will help you through anything if you ask it. Any way, right now concentrate on these two things FIRST and ONLY: 1.) Offer yourself to your friend in any way, and just be there for her. I'm sure you will. You sound like a great friend to have. :-) 2.) Work on your relationship with your husband. You two obviously got married for a reason and are trying to stay married for a reason. Try and build it up and keep it together as solid as you can. You never know what the future brings. And hopefully your friend will pull through and be okay, and you will have this growing relationship with your husband that is able to tackle any hardship and embrace every joy with. Don't give up. Ever. Just work on your relationship struggles right now so you can be prepared... for the worst and enjoy the best. Hopefully the worst is happening now, and things will get better. You and your friend will be in my prayers.

Question: LEEP & Preterm Labor/Delivery... Help? I am almost 31 weeks along w/ my first child. About 6 months prior to getting pregnant, I had a LEEP procedure done to remove late 3rd grade cervical dysplasia (not sure if that's the proper term - whatever you call the very last stage prior to cervical cancer...). I know that having the surgery increases my risk for preterm labor, but I hear all the time that 1st time mom's go past their due date all the time... So I don't know what to expect for myself. Did anyone out there have LEEP and deliver early? I would like to know real women's experiences instead of just statistics. Thanks for your help. I appreciate it alot.

Answer: I had a LEEP procedure 4 months before getting pregnant. It was a stage 3 as well. I was so nervous about having a miscarriage or preterm labor! I was pregnant with my first child too. If you told your doctors about the procedure then they should have checked the thickness of your cervix already. If you haven't told them, tell them asap and they can check. It's not uncomfortable....it's just like an ultrasound but they look from your vaginal area instead of your stomach. Mine was fine, and I actually delivered 8 days after my due date. If your doctors already checked, and said you were fine, trust them. They know what they're talking about :) Good luck!