Cervical Cancer
Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in India in women accounting for 22.86% of all cancer cases in women and 12% of all cancer cases in both men and women [11].
Globocan 2012 data [2,3]:
- New cases registered: 1,23,000
- Deaths: 67,500
Median age: 38 years (age 21–67 years).
Rural women are at higher risk of developing cervical cancer as compared to their urban counterparts [12].
Cervical cancer is less common in Muslim than in Hindu women [8].
Cervical cancer is the third largest cause of cancer mortality in India accounting for nearly 10% of all cancer related deaths in the country [13].
Survival rate :
The relative five year survival averages to 48.7% [14].
Length of survival depends on the cancer stage at the time of diagnosis.
The survival chance of a person becomes better if the cervical cancer is diagnosed and treated at earlier stages. Therefore it is important to avail of cervical cancer screening.
- One woman dies of cervical cancer every 8 minutes in India [1].
- For every 2 women newly diagnosed with breast cancer, one woman dies of it in India [2-4].
- As many as 2,500 persons die every day due to tobacco-related diseases in India [5].
- Smoking accounts for 1 in 5 deaths among men and 1 in 20 deaths among women, accounting for an estimated 9,30,000 deaths in 2010 [6].