Test For Cervical Cancer
Published on Mar 13 2010, in the categories: Causes, Facts, HPV, tests, Useful info
Vaccinated or not, think about the smear test! Cancer of the cervix is preventable through regular screening and vaccination. However, it still causes allot of deaths each year. Faced with this scourge, the National Cancer Institute launched a new screening campaign based on the pharmacists.
The National Cancer Institute, in partnership with the National Council of the College of Pharmacists launches from June 8, 2009 a national awareness campaign to screening for cervical cancer of the uterus. In total, 23 000 pharmacies in metropolitan France and overseas will be mobilized to highlight the importance of Pap smear screening.
HPV causes cancer of the cervix - Pap smears of the cervix is caused by common viruses in the family papillomavirus (HPV), 1st cause of viral sexually transmitted infections worldwide.Contamination occurs most often during sex. The problem is that condoms do not protect against these viruses that spread through mucous membranes.
Unfavorable HPV infection is not systematic, it is a necessary cause but not enough of certain cancers. During life, the majority of adults has been in contact with the HPV virus, but most of the time the body is able to eliminate them. However, sometimes the infection persists and causes abnormalities (lesions) in the cells of the cervix. It takes about 15 years for a cancer develops after infection with high-risk HPV oncogene. Vaccine for younger smears for all women!
There are still about 1 000 deaths each year in the UK from cancer of the cervix uteri, while most could be avoided. Indeed, two complementary solutions exist to protect the cancer vaccine and the Pap smear screening. If vaccination should be offered only to girls who have not been exposed to infection by HPV, all women, whether vaccinated or not, should have regular smear between 25 and 65.
The smear is a simple, painless and should be effective to be done regularly. Health authorities have defined the frequency of that review once every three years after two normal tests performed at one year intervals for all women 25 to 65. The pharmacist, actor Prevention - That is why the National Cancer Institute is launching a new campaign to explain the importance of smear: "vaccinated or not from 25 years to do a smear screening.
Participating pharmacies, each woman who comes in during the dispensing of an HPV vaccine, a contraceptive or a gynecological treatment will be advised on screening for cervical cancer and thus be motivated to practice regular smears. Leaflets public on screening for cervical cancer of the uterus and poster accompany the speech of the pharmacist. In addition, a poster campaign in pharmacies will be held from June 8
To complete the field, the National Cancer Institute on its present site a FAQ devoted to screening. It aims to fight against certain ideas about the smear. The skits that are composed of reflections from the more common that women can have on the cancer and the smear. The smear is more than ever the need for action effectively fight against cancer of the cervix. So ladies, do you get tested regularly!
The National Cancer Institute, in partnership with the National Council of the College of Pharmacists launches from June 8, 2009 a national awareness campaign to screening for cervical cancer of the uterus. In total, 23 000 pharmacies in metropolitan France and overseas will be mobilized to highlight the importance of Pap smear screening.
HPV causes cancer of the cervix - Pap smears of the cervix is caused by common viruses in the family papillomavirus (HPV), 1st cause of viral sexually transmitted infections worldwide.Contamination occurs most often during sex. The problem is that condoms do not protect against these viruses that spread through mucous membranes.
Unfavorable HPV infection is not systematic, it is a necessary cause but not enough of certain cancers. During life, the majority of adults has been in contact with the HPV virus, but most of the time the body is able to eliminate them. However, sometimes the infection persists and causes abnormalities (lesions) in the cells of the cervix. It takes about 15 years for a cancer develops after infection with high-risk HPV oncogene. Vaccine for younger smears for all women!
There are still about 1 000 deaths each year in the UK from cancer of the cervix uteri, while most could be avoided. Indeed, two complementary solutions exist to protect the cancer vaccine and the Pap smear screening. If vaccination should be offered only to girls who have not been exposed to infection by HPV, all women, whether vaccinated or not, should have regular smear between 25 and 65.
The smear is a simple, painless and should be effective to be done regularly. Health authorities have defined the frequency of that review once every three years after two normal tests performed at one year intervals for all women 25 to 65. The pharmacist, actor Prevention - That is why the National Cancer Institute is launching a new campaign to explain the importance of smear: "vaccinated or not from 25 years to do a smear screening.
Participating pharmacies, each woman who comes in during the dispensing of an HPV vaccine, a contraceptive or a gynecological treatment will be advised on screening for cervical cancer and thus be motivated to practice regular smears. Leaflets public on screening for cervical cancer of the uterus and poster accompany the speech of the pharmacist. In addition, a poster campaign in pharmacies will be held from June 8
To complete the field, the National Cancer Institute on its present site a FAQ devoted to screening. It aims to fight against certain ideas about the smear. The skits that are composed of reflections from the more common that women can have on the cancer and the smear. The smear is more than ever the need for action effectively fight against cancer of the cervix. So ladies, do you get tested regularly!
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