What is Cervical Cancer?
What is Cervical Cancer?
- Cervical Cancer: Cervical cancer is malignant cancer of the cervix uteri or cervical area.
- Cervical Cancer: Primary or metastatic malignant neoplasm involving the cervix. --2003
Source - Diseases Database
Cervical Cancer is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Cervical Cancer, or a subtype of Cervical Cancer,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Cervical Cancer: Introduction
Types of Cervical Cancer:
Types of Cervical Cancer:
- ASCUS: atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance
- LSIL: low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion
- HSIL: high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion
- more types...»
Broader types of Cervical Cancer:
How many people get Cervical Cancer?
Incidence (annual) of Cervical Cancer: 13,000 annual cases in USA (SEER 2002 estimate)
Incidence Rate of Cervical Cancer: approx 1 in 20,923 or 0.00% or 13,000 people in USA [about data]
Lifetime risk of Cervical Cancer:
1 in 117 lifetime risk for women in the US (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)
Prevalance of Cervical Cancer:
The American Cancer
Society estimated that about 12,800 women in the United States were
diagnosed with invasive cervical cancer in 2000. (Source: excerpt from HPV: DSTD)
Incidence of Cervical Cancer: An estimated 13,700 cases of invasive cervical cancer will be
diagnosed in the United States in 1998. (Source: excerpt from Sexually Transmitted Diseases Statistics, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)
Who gets Cervical Cancer?
Gender Profile for Cervical Cancer: Women only.
Racial Information for Cervical Cancer: Cervical cancer incidence rates among Vietnamese women are nearly
5-times those of white women yet we are not sure why. (Source: excerpt from Asian & Pacific Islander Women's Health: NWHIC)
How serious is Cervical Cancer?
Prognosis of Cervical Cancer: It depends on the stage of the cancer
Complications of Cervical Cancer:
see complications of Cervical Cancer
Survival rate for Cervical Cancer: 47% survival rate for cervical cancer in the UK 2001 (National Statistics – UK Government Census, 2001)
Average life years lost for Cervical Cancer: 25.3 years (SEER)1
Deaths for Cervical Cancer: approximately 4,600 women will die in 2001 (DSTD)
What causes Cervical Cancer?
Causes of Cervical Cancer: see causes of Cervical Cancer
Cause of Cervical Cancer: Human papilloma virus
Risk factors for Cervical Cancer:
see
risk factors for Cervical Cancer
What are the symptoms of Cervical Cancer?
Symptoms of Cervical Cancer:
see symptoms of Cervical Cancer
Complications of Cervical Cancer:
see complications of Cervical Cancer
Can anyone else get Cervical Cancer?
Contagion of cancer: generally not; see details in contagion of cancer.
Inheritance:
see inheritance of Cervical Cancer
Cervical Cancer: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Cervical Cancer.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Cervical Cancer.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Cervical Cancer:
see treatments for Cervical Cancer
Prevention of Cervical Cancer:
see prevention of Cervical Cancer
Research for Cervical Cancer:
see research for Cervical Cancer
Society issues for Cervical Cancer
Costs of Cervical Cancer: approximately $737 million
Costs of Cervical Cancer: Total costs associated with HPV-related cervical cancer
totalled approximately $737 million in the United States in
1994. (Source: excerpt from Sexually Transmitted Diseases Statistics, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)
Cost statistics for Cervical Cancer:
The following are statistics from various sources about costs and Cervical Cancer:
- $88.2 million spent on cervical screening in Australia 2000-01(Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
- more statistics...»
Hospitalization statistics for Cervical Cancer:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Cervical Cancer:
- 0.064% (8,213) of hospital consultant episodes were for malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 96% of hospital consultant episodes for malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 100% of hospital consultant episodes for malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 14% of hospital consultant episodes for malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 6 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- more statistics...»
Organs Affected by Cervical Cancer:
Organs and body systems related to Cervical Cancer include:
Name and Aliases of Cervical Cancer
Main name of condition: Cervical Cancer
Class of Condition for Cervical Cancer: cancer
Other names or spellings for Cervical Cancer:
Cervix cancer, Cervical tumor, Cervix tumor, Uterine Cervix Cancer
Uterine cervix carcinoma
Source - Diseases Database
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