Every second person seems to have it Almost. The UK figure is a little lower. Currently, the male five-year survival rate is just 31 per cent, while the female is 43 per cent. Five years is the cancer experts' preferred definition of 'survival'. Maybe, maybe not.
Cancerous polyps do bleed intermittently.
8 Cervical cancer is a promiscuity thing Afraid so. The younger a woman is when she first has sex and the more sexual partners she has in her lifetime, the greater her chance of getting cervical cancer. That's because it's one of the few cancers caused by something you can catch. Male promiscuity, combined with lower hygiene levels, is often the problem in the Third World - men catch HPV from prostitutes and infect their wives and lovers. Colombia, for example, has the world's highest rate.