Overview of cervical cancer?
Cervical Cancer? is not a foreign name. Especially for women is the most terrible scourge.
1. What is cervical cancer?
Cervical cancer is cancer that occurs in the cervical region. That is the area in which the female reproductive organ is the entrance to the uterus. It lies between the womb (uterus) with female copulation canal (vagina).
99.7% of these cancers are caused by human papilloma virus (HPV) oncogenic, which attacks the cervix. Starting occur in the cervix, when it entered the later stages, this cancer can spread to other organs throughout the body of the patient
2. How dangerous is cervical cancer?
World Health Organization (WHO) said the current cervical cancer is ranked top among the various types of cancer that causes death in women in the world. In Indonesia, every year more than 15,000 detected cases of cervical cancer.
Approximately 8000 cases of which ended with the death. According to WHO, Indonesia is a country with the number of patients with cervical cancer is highest in the world. Why be so dangerous? Because cervical cancer appeared as enemies in a blanket. It is difficult to detect until the disease has reached an advanced stage.
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