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    24 de abr. de 2024 · Summary. In 2022, an estimated 660 000 women were diagnosed with cervical cancer worldwide and about 350 000 women died from the disease. The main cause of cervical cancer is persistent infection with high-risk types of human papillomavirus (HPV), an extremely common family of viruses that are transmitted through sexual contact.

  2. Há 3 dias · Cervical cancer is among the most common cancers worldwide, causing an estimated 604,000 new cases and 342,000 deaths in 2020. About 90% of these new cases and deaths of cervical cancer occurred in low- and middle-income countries. Roughly 1% of sexually active adults have genital warts.

    • Human papillomavirus spread by direct contact
    • None, warts
    • Most people are infected at some point in time
  3. 20 de abr. de 2024 · Cervical cancer is a disease in which the cells of the cervix become abnormal and start to grow uncontrollably. Approximately 90% are squamous cell carcinomas, and the remaining 10% are...

  4. 16 de abr. de 2024 · Cervical cancer, disease characterized by the abnormal growth of cells in the cervix, the region of the uterus that joins the vagina. Cervical cancer was once a common cause of cancer deaths in women, but fatalities have been greatly reduced since the development of the Pap smear in the 1940s.

    • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
  5. 3 de mai. de 2024 · Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women worldwide, and it has the fourth highest mortality rate among cancers in women. [ 1] . Most cases of cervical cancer are preventable with routine screening and treatment of precancerous lesions.

  6. 1 de mai. de 2024 · Cervical cancer is the most common gynecologic cancer in women worldwide. Most of these cancers stem from infection with the human papillomavirus (HPV), although other host factors affect neoplastic progression following initial infection.

  7. Há 5 dias · What to know about cervical cancer. Part of the reproductive system, the cervix connects the vagina to the uterus, also known as the womb. By collecting cervical cells (called the Pap smear after ...