According to the American Cancer Society, more than 11,000 women will develop cervical cancer this year and more than 3,500 will die. Doctors said the disease is highly treatable and has a 92 percent survival rate if caught early enough, WISC-TV reported.
Cervical cancer is caused by the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). It is estimated that eight in 10 women will have HPV by the time they are 50. Some women might have, or have had HPV, and might not know it because they can be asymptomatic.
Until now, women only had one way to detect cervical cancer -- a Pap test.
From its inception in 1955 until the early 1990s, the Pap test was responsible for bringing down cervical cancer rates by 74 percent. But those statistics haven't changed much in the last 20 years.
The typical Pap test misses precancerous cells up to 50 percent of the time. But doctors said when the Pap test is combined with a test for HPV, the virus that causes cervical cancer, accuracy rates are nearly 100 percent.
Do you think that this new test is going to help prevent/save a lot of women from cervical cancer or is it to soon to say how well this test is going to work?
3 comments:
The new test is that the HPV is the test that anyone can do it. They are 100,00 peole that hae the test.
I think that it's hard to protect women from getting the disease in the first place. But I think that since the test is more accurate, it will be able to be treated quicker. I think it will be neat to see the results after it has been used for ahwile.
I think this is a very good idea to have a new test espeically with 8 our of 10 women having HPV. I hope the test works to detect cervical cancer. I hope that the vaccine also works well to eradicate the disease.
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