Every 64 minutes a woman in the United States is diagnosed with cancer of the reproductive organs.
Gynecologic cancers are the fourth most common cancers in American women today.
One in every 20 women in the U.S. will be told they have a gynecologic cancer at some point in their lives. More than 80,000 women mothers, grandmothers, wives, daughters, sisters and significant others are diagnosed with gynecologic cancer each year. A regular gynecologic healthcare routine is critical to maintaining health and early detection of cancer. Certain cancers, such as cervical cancer, can be preventable. The Pap test can identify an abnormality in the cervix before becomes an actual cancer.