Taking a Look at Cervical Cancer

Cervical cancer has caused life to be difficult for women who have been diagnosed with it. It is hard for them to continue with a normal life due to treatments and just worrying about what could happen to them. Another complication with cervical cancer is your ability to have children. But, there are ways to prevent cervical cancer that everyone should be educated with. Hela cells were and still are used in cancer research in several different ways. “HeLa cells comprise an immortalized, continuously

Introduction A cancer screening is a test or exam that checks for cancer. Your health care provider will recommend specific cancer screenings based on your age, personal history, and family history of cancer. Work with your health care provider to create a cancer screening schedule that protects your health. Why is cancer screening done? Cancer screenings is done to look for cancer in the very early stages, before it spreads and becomes harder to treat and before you would start to see symptoms.

CERVICAL CANCER – A PREVENTABLE DEATH Introduction Research on cervical cancer reached a turning point when German virologist Harald zur Hausen discovered that women became susceptible to developing cervical cancer following HPV (Human Papilloma Virus) infection. Awarded with half the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2008, Harald zur Hausen presented novel human papilloma viruses as key contributors to the cancer, as HPV type 16 and 18 genomes and expression of its specific DNA genes merged

Cervical cancer is one of the rare cancers that has preventive measures that can greatly reduce the mortality of the disease. In the United States, deaths due to cervical cancer decreased by 50%. There is a vaccine known as the human papillomavirus vaccine and a screening known as the pap smear. While these services are offered and have proven to be very effective, there are still barriers to different groups of women obtaining these medical services. In this paper, I look at two vulnerable populations:

HPV in men. Genital warts that are visible look like small flesh colored bumps or small white "cauliflower"-like bumps, which sometimes multiply in clusters("HPV and Abnormal Pap Smear Results | WomensHealthSpecialists.org," n.d.)

women and cancer, much of the focus is on breast cancer, with it being the second deadliest cancer for women after lung cancer. But the Foundation for Women’s Cancers estimates more than 98,000 women will be diagnosed with a gynecologic cancer this year, with more than 30,000 will die from it. Gynecologic oncology is the field that diagnoses and treats cancer of the woman’s reproductive system. That includes ovarian cancer, uterine cancer, cervical cancer, vaginal cancer, and vulvar cancer. Ovarian

INTRODUCTION Cervical cancer is a typically slow-growing type of gynecologic carcinogenesis caused predominantly by persistent infection with the human papillomavirus (HPV), most commonly the high-risk genotypes HPV-16 and HPV-18.3 Cervical cancer typically originates in the transformation zone of the cervix, where there is a junction of ectocervix and endocervix. The most common type of cervical carcinoma is squamous cell carcinoma and makes up 70-80% of cervical cancers. This type of cervical cancer occurs

Being diagnosed with cancer can be a devastating experience for both the family and the patient, especially when there are preventable measure that could’ve been done. Cervical cancer in women is largely a preventable disease which impacts women’s health and mortality. One of the leading causes for cervical cancer is the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), an infection with a working vaccine already in use. Using the HPV vaccine as a primary preventive measure to reduce cervical cancer is promising, but the

I. Introduction Cervical Cancer and HPV Vaccine Cervical cancer is formed in the tissues of the cervix, an organ that connects the uterus and the vagina. Virtually all cervical cancers are caused by Human papillomavirus (HPV) infections (Schiffman et. al., 2007). HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States. According to the CDC, 75% of sexually active people aged 15-49 have the infection at some point in their lives. (CDC). Because

tell them “I do not like that flavor, therefore I want it to be unavailable to you.” (C) Taking down the ice cream shop is just ridiculous, and would definitely ruin more lives than it would benefit. (D) In the same fashion, fighting to defund Planned Parenthood