Archive | January 2024

QUOTE FOR FRIDAY:

Jan5

“Cervical cancer is highly preventable and highly curable if caught early. Nearly all cervical cancers could be prevented by HPV vaccination, routine cervical cancer screening (So it is important for people with a cervix to have regular screening tests starting in their 20s.), and appropriate follow-up treatment when needed. Condoms, which prevent some sexually transmitted diseases, can decrease the risk of HPV transmission. Condoms can assist in prevention. HOWEVER, they do not completely prevent it. Therefore, exposure to HPV is still possible in areas that are not covered by the condom. You can get HPV by having vaginal, anal, or oral sex with someone who has the virus. It is most commonly spread during vaginal or anal sex. It also spreads through close skin-to-skin touching during sex. A person with HPV can pass the infection to someone even when they have no signs or symptoms.”

National Cancer Institute
(https://www.cancer.gov/types/cervical/causes-risk-prevention)

QUOTE FOR THURSDAY:

Jan4

“Doctors assign the stage of the cancer by evaluating the tumor and whether the cancer has spread to other parts of the body. Staging is based on the results of a physical exam, imaging scans, and biopsies.

After someone is diagnosed with cervical cancer, doctors will try to figure out if it has spread, and if so, how far. This process is called staging. The stage of a cancer describes the extent of the cancer in the body. It helps determine how serious the cancer is and how best to treat it. The stage is one of the most important factors in deciding how to treat the cancer and determining how successful treatment might be.  Cervical cancer stage ranges from stages I (1) through IV (4).  The lower the better.

To determine the cancer’s stage after a cervical cancer diagnosis, doctors try to answer these questions:

  • How far has the cancer grown into the cervix?
  • Has the cancer reached nearby structures?
  • Has the cancer spread to the nearby lymph nodes or to distant organs?”

American Cancer Society (https://www.cancer.org/cancer/types/cervical-cancer/detection-diagnosis-staging/staged.html)

QUOTE FOR WEDNESDAY:

Jan3
“Cancer is a disease in which cells in the body grow out of control. Cancer is always named for the part of the body where it starts, even if it spreads to other body parts later.When the body’s immune system can’t get rid of an HPV infection with oncogenic HPV types, it can linger over time and turn normal cells into abnormal cells and then cancer. In general, HPV is thought to be responsible for more than 90% of anal and cervical cancers, about 70% of vaginal and vulvar cancers, and 60% of penile cancers. HPV is also very common in men, and often has no symptoms. About 10% of women with HPV infection on their cervix will develop long-lasting HPV infections that put them at risk for cervical cancer.All HPV vaccines protect against at least HPV types 16 and 18, which cause the greatest risk of cervical cancer. Each year in the United States, about 11,500 new cases of cervical cancer are diagnosed and about 4,000 women die of this cancer.”
Center for Disease Control and Prevention – CDC

QUOTE FOR TUESDAY:

Jan2
“Key facts. Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women globally with an estimated 604 000 new cases and 342 000 deaths in 2020. The highest rates of cervical cancer incidence and mortality are in low- and middle-income countries.Cervical cancer can be cured if diagnosed at an early stage and treated promptly.”
WHO World Health Organization