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Cervical Cancer
Cervical Cancer Kills 25,000 Latin American Women Each Year
May 26th, 1997
More than 25,000 women die annually from cervical cancer in Latin America and the Caribbean due, in large part, to ineffective control programs. Instead of concentrating on women between the ages of 35 and 60, who account for 60 percent of all cases of cervical cancer, many programs misdirect their resources, focusing disproportionately on young women at lower risk of contracting the disease, said the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Cervical cancer is caused by a malignant tumor that appears on the cervix of the uterus. The tumor is brought on by the sexually transmitted human papilloma virus. When detected in its early stages, according...
Source: Cancer Weekly (1997-05-26)
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