Cervical cancer has always been one of the major cancers that endanger women’s health and life. Both the morbidity rate and mortality rate among women have been firmly in the top 10 among women’s malignant tumors.
The latest cancer data released by China’s Cancer Center in 2018 show that the incidence rate of cervical cancer is 9.61/100,000 and the mortality rate is 4.57/100,000, both of which are firmly in the top 10 on the cancer list.
Cervical cancer is the second most common type of cancer among all female cancers in countries that do not have access to cervical cancer screening and prevention programs.
Its incidence rate is 17.8 per 100,000 and its mortality rate is 9.8 per 100,000, that is to say, nearly 2 out of every 10,000 people will get sick and nearly 1 will die.
Vaccines alone are not enough to prevent cervical cancer.
Many people know that human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine can prevent cervical cancer, so they feel that they can rest easy after being vaccinated with HPV vaccine.
However, since the recommended age for HPV vaccination is 9-12 years old, and it has the best protective effect on women before the first sexual behavior, and it cannot play a 100% role in preventing cervical cancer. Therefore, in addition to HPV vaccination, we still recommend cervical cancer screening as a measure to prevent cervical cancer.
It needs to be made clear that we recommend HPV vaccine.
However, there are so many [prices] of HPV vaccines, how should we choose them?
The higher the [valence] number of HPV vaccine, the wider the range of viruses that can be prevented. Bivalent vaccine has the highest cost performance for cervical cancer prevention. There are two kinds of genital wart-related HPV with tetravalent verruca more than bivalent verruca. However, the nine-valent vaccine covers a large number of viruses and is the best choice.
If signs are found through screening at an early stage, cancer can be strangled in the cradle through surgery and drug therapy, which is unmatched by any advanced therapeutic drug.
How to Prevent Cervical Cancer as Early as Possible
Like most other cancers, cervical cancer may have no symptoms at an early stage, and only regular screening is the only way to detect lesions at an early stage.
According to the recommendation of the US guidelines, every woman over the age of 21 should be screened for cervical cancer.
Screening Tips:
- For women younger than 30 years old, TCT (liquid-based cytology) screening is recommended every 3 years. For women aged 30 and above, there are two screening methods worth recommending: TCT screening, every 3 years; Combined test (TCT and HPV test), if the initial test result is negative, can be tested every 5 years.
Who needs special attention?
For women with bleeding after sexual intercourse, abnormal vaginal secretions, vaginal bleeding and postmenopausal bleeding, they should seek medical treatment in time to eliminate the possibility of cervical cancer.
If it is the following categories of people, you should also be especially careful about cervical cancer:
- High-risk HPV persistent infection; Patients with a history of sexually transmitted diseases; Early marriage, early pregnancy, multiple pregnancies and multiple births; Having sex too early, having multiple sexual partners, and having multiple sexual partners; Smoking or drug abuse, long-term oral contraceptives, malnutrition, low immunity, etc.
If you belong to the above group, you should go to the hospital for cervical cancer screening as early as possible.
And don’t worry too much
Although so much has been said about the harm of cervical cancer, there is no need to be too nervous.
Remember these two points, cervical cancer can be strangled in the cradle as soon as possible:
Those who have the conditions to get HPV vaccine, especially those who have not had sex, must get the vaccine at any price.
All women over the age of 21 are regularly screened for cervical cancer.
