This is due to the use of the Pap test, an examination performed in your doctor's office to detect early abnormal cells.
Cervical cancer is the eleventh most common cancer among Canadian women.
This virus is passed from one person to another by genital skin contact. Intercourse in not necessarily required for transmission. HPV can be transmitted by sexual contact with women or men. There are risk factors, which make a woman more susceptible to HPV and, in turn, more susceptible to cervical cancer. Women with dysplasia can be detected and treated, thereby preventing progression to cancer.