Cervical Cancer FAQs
Cervical cancer as already established is among the leading causes of cancer death amongst Ghanaian women. In fact cervical cancer kills over 2,000 Ghanaian women annually. Now if you consider the fact that cervical cancer is also the only cancer that is almost entirely preventable and 100% curable if detected early it really does not make sense that it is killing so many of our women Pap smear test, develop by Papanicolaou in the 1920s, is the single most important intervention when it comes to cervical cancer. Cells go through various stages before they eventually develop into cancer cells. Some of these changes can be detected microscopically and interventions put in place to prevent progression to cancer. During a Pap smear test cells from the cervix are taking to the lab for microscopic evaluation. This measn that a Pap smear is done even before the cells show signs of cancer, very early; this is why we can achieve 100% cure rate. What is the cervix? The cervix is the mouth...