Catch it early save your life.

At Risk?

How do I know if I am at risk for cervical cancer?

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Risk of cervical cancer.  About 14,000 American women are diagnosed with invasive cervical cancer every year.  This cancer grows primarily in the cervix and does spread. About 5,000 American women die from this cancer every year.  Deaths from breast and lung cancer are higher in number while deaths from cervical cancer are lower.  Cancers such as breast, lung, and colon cancers have a higher fatality rate.  However, early detection of cervical cancer keeps the death rate low.  This could be different for Deaf and Hard of Hearing women.  Perhaps they don’t know how to prevent it.

Cervical cancer usually occurs in women who have been or are sexually active.  The risk for this disease is higher in women who have had more than two sexual partners or first had intercourse at an early age because this increases a woman’s risk of getting infected with HPV.  If you are African-American or Hispanic-American, or are over the age of 65, you also have a higher chance of getting this disease.  Women whose mothers took a hormone called Diethylstilbestrol or DES during their pregnancies also have a greater risk of developing cervical cancer.