Cervical cancer in one of the most preventable cancer forms in USA and many women are undergoing regular Pap tests which is the main factor that has significantly reduced the incidence of cervical cancer since the beginning of last century. However, women are beginning to postpone or simply forget about their Pap tests since it is no longer portrayed so much as a big danger for women. This tendency has lead to a slight tendency of increase in cervical cancer incidence. In 2009 around 11,300 women were estimated to be diagnosed with cervical cancer out of which about 4,100 were expected to die from it. This makes cervical cancer a serious infliction and it's even more difficult to accept when you know you could have so easily prevented it.

Many funds are being raised now by various organizations to make sure that awareness increases and that measures to prevent the cancer become house-hold terms and a part of women's lives. A lot of funding is also going into research and clinical trials, especially in the direction of improving vaccines and targeted therapies.



You can easily contribute yourself to the cause by finding a foundation that deals with these issues. You can even find a Facebook cause where you can donate but it would probably be wiser to do it with an authorized foundation. For example, The Prevent Cancer Foundation also raises funds for every type of cancer including cervical cancer. This foundation began in 1985 and it is one of USA's leading health organizations. It is also one of the first institutions we should thank for the extreme recent improvements in cancer prevention. The Prevent Cancer Foundation promotes healthy life choices and it takes great pride in having provided cancer prevention and early detection causes with funds of more that 106 million $ invested in education community outreach programs. The foundation has also given numerous grants to scientists from more than 150 academic centers. Check out their website and see how you can contribute too.

Another fund you can donate to is The Diane Crawford Cervical Cancer Research, Education, Outreach Fund which was initiated in 2009 but has already invested a lot in cervical cancer research and prevention through screening. Its funds are directed towards The CCC-Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and the Richard J. Solove Research Institute.



Many other organizations join these two prestigious institutions in the effort of raising funds for cervical cancer and you can see how they have helped just by looking around. Developing countries are benefiting more and more form cervical cancer vaccines, low-income women also have access to cervical cancer screening and new research and studies are being conducted every day to develop and improve current treatments.