Since the most common form of cervical cancer starts with pre-cancerous changes, there are 2 ways to stop this disease from developing. One way is to find and treat pre-cancers before they become true cancers, and the other is to prevent the pre-cancers in the first place.
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Cervical Cancer: Prevention and Early Detection
TOPICS
- What is cervical cancer?
- What are the risk factors for cervical cancer?
- Signs and symptoms of cervical cancer
- Can cervical cancer be prevented?
- Things to do to prevent pre-cancers
- Finding cervical pre-cancers
- Other tests for women with abnormal cervical cytology results
- How women with abnormal Pap test results are treated to prevent cervical cancers from developing
- Cervical cancer prevention and screening: Financial issues
- Additional resources
- References
Can cervical cancer be prevented?
Last Medical Review: 03/01/2012
Last Revised: 03/14/2012
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