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Cervical Cancer
Prevalence of cervical cancer in Indian women suggests urgent need for screening programs
February 9th, 2006
The high prevalence of cervical cancer in Indian women suggest an urgent need for mass screening programs. "Cancer of the uterine cervix is the second most common cancer among women in the world after breast cancer. It is the most common cancer among Indian women," declared researchers from the Indian Council of Medical Research, Institute of Pathology. "The present communication reports the trends in the incidence rate of cervical cancer for the Indian population." N.S. Murthy and colleagues explained, "The data published in Cancer Incidence in Five Continents for various Indian registries for different periods and/or publication by the individual...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-02-09)
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