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Cervical Cancer

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Handbook of Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health

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It is estimated that by the end of 1999 in the United States, 12,800 new cases of invasive cervical cancer will be diagnosed and that 4800 women will die. Worldwide, cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women and the leading cause of death in many non-industrialized nations (Parkin, 1998). As is true generally for cancer, the burden of cervical cancer morbidity and mortality falls disproportionately on minority women and those who have inadequate access to health care. These statistics are disheartening, given the widely held view that cervical cancer is the most preventable of the major cancers (Ponten et al., 1995; Sigurdsson, 1999).

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McBride, C.M., Scholes, D. (2002). Cervical Cancer. In: Wingood, G.M., DiClemente, R.J. (eds) Handbook of Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health. Issues in Women’s Health. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0689-8_17

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