Cancer Deaths Are Dropping Nationwide-Unless You Live In These Places

Now that she has survived the disease, Lockwood-Hicks is encouraging other women to stay on top of what can be a very preventable disease.

Then, the researchers collected data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System on how many women in 2000 to 2012, 20 and older, reported ever having a hysterectomy. Because a hysterectomy nearly always involves the removal of the cervix, which eliminates a woman’s cervical cancer risk, failing to exclude these individuals leads to a significant underestimate of the true rate of cervical cancer death. This news comes just as the GoP has begun dismantling the Affordable Care Act, Donald Trump has reinstated the Global Gag Rule (which gives us a good indication about where he’s at on protecting access to reproductive health), and as the Republican Party continues their fight to defund Planned Parenthood.

As a nurse practitioner, Amy Colli has always been active and health conscious – so getting cervical cancer was not something she anxious about.

Most cases of cervical cancers are caused by persistent infection with cancer-linked types of human papillomavirus (HPV).

Acknowledgment Thank you to thank Dr. James Dickinson who is both from the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary and the Canadian Task Force for Preventative Health Care for informing and inspiring this column.

More than 1 million from prostate cancer. A fourth author disclosed having received consulting fees from both GSK and Merck, which manufactures the other US -approved HPV vaccine.

For example, smoking rates have declined in the United States, but this decline varies by location. “So the prevalence of the virus is high”, said Kilgore. “We have screenings that are great, but many women in America are not getting them”.

Hilary added: “We know women often tell us that it can be hard to attend appointments due to work commitments, so we hope employers will support their female staff to attend such potentially life-saving tests”. Kilgore says women do not need to be examined yearly. Historically, and in most provinces, 21 is the age at which the test is commonly first performed. People aged between 25 and 49 are invited to attend cervical screenings every three years, which increases to every five years for women aged between 50 and 64.

80% of women across the U.S have HPV and majority do not know they have it because most women won’t go and get screenings.

The DOH Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program is available statewide. The cell lining the surface of the cervix undergo a series of changes throughout a woman’s life, some of these cells might become cancerous. Once the cancer is there, that’s different.

“We don’t want to forget that King County could do better”, Mokdad said.

Farley encourages young women and girls to get vaccinated for HPV and keep up with their regular gynecological exams.

She said: “I hadn’t been for my smear test”.