### condition | illness | disease | cancer:

Cervical cancer
* Most cervical cancers are squamous cell carcinomas and adenocarcinomas
  - grow slowly over several years and often are preceded by abnormal cells
* appears to be connected with sexual activity, particularly penetrative sex with men.
* are generally of stratified squamous origin.
* arises from cells on the opening of the womb and usually preventable disease.
* begins in the lining of the cervix.
* can affect any woman who is or has been sexually active
  - is, or has been, sexually active
  - develop any woman who is or who has been sexually active
  - spread by way of the lymphatic system
* cancer affecting the cervix.
* common cancer among Chinese women and most cases are incurable
  - in women
* develops at the mouth or neck of the womb
  - in the neck of the uterus
  - once the abnormal cells extend beyond the full thickness of the skin
  - slowly and begins with the appearance of abnormal cervical cells
* disease in which cancer cells are found in the tissue of the cervix
  - that develops only after a number of years in the pre-cancer stage
* has epidemiologic similarities to venereal disease.
* is also prevalent among women who live on the reservation
  - an extremely common disease
  - another of the main killers of women in South Africa
  - caused by a virus, the human papaloma virus
  - common in Zambia among the sexually active young women
  - curable when treated early
  - diseases
  - even harder to study than breast cancer
  - highly curable if it is found at an early stage
  - increased in the partners of uncircumcised men
  - known to be related to human papilloma virus, a sexually transmitted agent
  - mainly a concern among younger women
  - now preventable, treatable and curable
* is one of the few cancers that can be treated before it develops
  - where screening detects pre-cancerous lesions
  - leading causes of cancer deaths worldwide
* is one of the most common cancers affecting women
  - cancers among women
  - cancers in women
  - female cancers in the United States
  - forms of cancer in America
  - lethal malignancies of young women
  - types of cancer worldwide, and one of the most treatable
  - preventable cancers there is
  - only types of cancer that is preventable
  - present more often in contraceptive pill users than nonusers
  - probably one of the most common cancers to affect the female reproduction organs
  - second to breast cancer as the most common malignancy
* is still the leading cause of cancer deaths in women in many third world countries
* is the eleventh most common cancer among Canadian women
  - fifth leading cause of death from cancer in women
  - leading cancer killer of women in developing countries
* is the leading cause of cancer deaths among women in the developing world
  - morbidity and mortality in women globally
  - mortality in the developing world
* is the most common cancer diagnosed in women
  - female cancer worldwide
  - malignancy causing tissue invasion by eosinophils
  - number one malignancy, now closely followed by breast cancer
  - only gynecologic malignancy that can be prevented by regular screening
  - presence of malignant cancer cells in the cervix of the uterus
* is the second leading cause of cancer death world wide in women
  - cancer-related deaths in women worldwide
* is the second most common cancer among women after breast cancer
  - of the female reproductive system
  - cause of cancer-related deaths in women worldwide
* is the second most common form of cancer among women on a world-wide basis
  - of cancer for women worldwide
  - of cancer in women
  - malignancy found in women
  - reproductive cancer in women
  - type of cancer in women worldwide, after breast cancer
  - diagnosed cancer in women worldwide
  - important cancer in women after breast cancer
  - sixth most common type of female cancer in the United States
  - tenth leading cause of death from cancer in women
* is the third most common gynecological cancer
  - malignancy of the pelvis
  - three times more common in poor women than in the most affluent
  - treatable and often curable, especially when diagnosed in the early stages
* is, in the main, easy to diagnose and early treatment is almost always successful.
* malignant growth of the cervix.
* presents epidemiological similarities to venereal diseases.
* preventable cancer through early detection.
* ranks as the second-most common cancer in women worldwide.
* remains a major public health concern
  - and important cause of cancer morbidity and mortality among women
* sexually transmitted disease caused by the human papillomavirus
* start as an abnormality of the cells on the surface of the cervix.
* starts out in a few cells, but gradually grows in size.
* takes about a decade to spread to life-threatening levels
  - ten years to go from the early stages to full-blown disease
  - time to develop into a deadly disease
* tumour of the cervix.
* very preventable form of cancer in women
  - slow growing cancer