How Do I Know If I Have Cervical Cancer. Two screening tests can help prevent cervical cancer or find it early the pap test or pap smear looks for precancers cell changes on the cervix that might become cervical cancer if they are not treated appropriately. In recent years there has been a lot of progress in understanding what happens in cells of the cervix when cancer develops.
Most people who have hpv. But we know for sure that most cervical cancer is caused by a sexually transmitted disease called human papilloma virus or. This is the same virus that causes genital warts.
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In addition several risk factors have been identified that increase the odds that a woman might develop cervical cancer see risk factors for cervical cancer. It s estimated that 14 million new infections occur every year. To doctors the cancer cells in the new place look just like the ones from the cervix. Two screening tests can help prevent cervical cancer or find it early.
