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by stevewright on 17 January, 2017
A proven way to prevent cervical cancer is to have cervical screening to find pre-cancers before they can turn into invasive cancer. This is called a smear test and every woman over the age of 25 who is†registered at a GP is†invited to have one every 3 years; if youíre younger you can still make a request through your GP.
Cervical screening prevents 75% of cervical cancers from developing which is why three quarters of women attend screenings when invited. Getting that final quarter of women that donít currently turn up for testing is the goal for Cervical Cancer Prevention Week.
Everyday in the UK 9 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer and 3 wom†en lose their lives to it.
There are brilliant charities like Joís Trust and Eve Appeal doing fantastic work to help change those statistics; here are some of their tips on what you can do to make sure fewer women die from cervical cancer ñ
Cervical Cancer Prevention Week runs every January; the 2017 dates are 22-28 January.
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