CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING 1

Cervical cancer is a cancer that affects the cervix of women. It is said to be the second most common cancer that affects women throughout the world.
A total of 4,000 new cases are recorded in the world yearly and 80% of these new cases are said to be from developing countries such as Ghana.
One has cervical cancer when the cells of the cervix begin to grow haphazardly and out of control to the point where they form a large and extensive "sore"
According to health experts, one in every 10 Ghanaian women often has haphazard growth in in the cells but the good news is that not all these changes develop into cervical cancer.
Like all cancers, cervical cancer develops slowly over a period of years. In the early stage, these changes are small and are like rashes and are called"dysplasia".
Also, health experts say, normally, the rashes do not cause any symptoms and some heal on their own while others continue to grow. The ones that continue to grow can develop into large sosres over a period of years before developing inot cervical cancer.
Cervical cancer normally affects women between the ages of 40 and 60 although the early rash can appear when a woman is in her twenties.