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Cervical Cancer
Women still face cancer risk 25 years after treatment
November 5th, 2007
Women are still at risk of developing invasive cancer of the cervix or vagina 25 years after being treated for pre-cancerous lesions, according to a study published on bmj.com. Cancer experts are now calling for cytological smears to be offered at regular intervals for at least 25 years after a woman has had severe dysplasia/CIS (carcinoma in situ). CIS is not cancer but close to it as some cells look cancerous but are superficially in the mucosa (the soft skin-like layer that lines many body cavities such as the nasal and genital passages) and not in any tissue. Researchers in Sweden studied data from the National Swedish Cancer...
Source: Health & Medicine Week (2007-11-05)
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