In women, it is the most common cancer globally, next only to breast cancer. In India, cervical cancer is the most common women related cancer followed by breast cancer. Every year cervical cancer is diagnosed in about 5 lakh women globally and is responsible for more than 2.8 lakh deaths annually. 80% of the cervical cancers cases are from developing countries like India.
The process starts with cervical dysplasia (appearance of abnormal cells in the cervix) and may take more than 10 years to develop into cancer. Moreover cervical dysplasia causes no symptoms. Several risk
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factors are associated with it viz. multiple sexual partners, early onset of sexual activity, smoking, sexually transmitted diseases like HPV and HIV infection. Hence it is time to consider cervical cancer screening not as a medical procedure but as a procedure for providing better quality of life to healthy women.
We at Thyrocare, believe that Prevention is much better than cure. With an aim of providing newer diagnostic services to the common man at a cost which was never dreamt of, we now offer you preliminary screening test for cervical cancers- the PAP TEST and thus contribute towards the fight against cancers.
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