As cervical cancer usually does not display any symptoms, by the time symptoms show up, the cancer is already
in its advanced stages. Thankfully, cervical cancer can actually be easily prevented, particularly if caught at
the pre-cancerous stage via timely Pap smears, or if the woman has already received the HPV vaccine,
ideally before becoming sexually active.
Because more women in Singapore are getting screened, the incidence of cervical cancer has significantly fallen
to become the 10th most common cancer in women. In 1970, it was second, after breast cancer. Cervical cancer
now ranks eighth for cancer deaths among women in Singapore, which is still an unnecessarily high
figure considering how preventable and treatable it is in its early stages.
Read on to find out how you can protect yourself better.