Cervical cancer
Cervical cancer affects around 2,800 women each year in the UK, and is the second most common cancer in women under 35.
Cervical cancer is one of the few cancers that can be prevented, because pre-cancerous cells can be detected at an early stage by screening and simply treated. The national cervical cancer screening programme has prevented an epidemic of cervical cancer in UK, saving thousands of lives every year.
Almost all cases of cervical cancer are caused by high risk strains of the human papilloma virus (HPV). All girls in England aged 12-13 are now offered a vaccination against the two most common types of high-risk HPV. Current vaccines have the potential to prevent around 7 out of 10 cases of cervical cancer.
Cancer Research UK is funding research into the prevention and treatment of cervical cancer, including finding ways to improve the screening process.
Browse content about Cervical cancer
- A brief history of the NHS Cervical Screening Programme
- Briefing - cancer screening
- Cervical cancer - UK incidence statistics
- Cervical cancer - UK mortality statistics
- Cervical cancer - risk factors
- Cervical cancer - survival statistics
- Cervical cancer research
- Cervical cancer statistics - Key Facts
- Cervical screening
- Cervical screening - UK statistics
- Cervical screening - results
- Dr Anne Szarewski
Browse news and press releases about Cervical cancer
- Call for cervical cancer screening programme to be introduced in Ireland
- Cancer Research UK backs cervical screening call
- Cervical cancer screening age to stay at 25
- Cervical cancer vaccine approval 'very exciting'
- Cervical cancer vaccine for 12-year-old girls
- Cervical cancer vaccine may benefit older women
- Cervical cancer vaccine offers "great promise"
- Confusion about sexual virus test causes anxiety and could harm relationships
- Doctors 'do not adequately prepare' women for life after gynaecological cancer
- Early sexual encounters linked to increased risk of cervical cancer among deprived women
- Experts to review evidence on cervical cancer screening age
- HIV treatment could cut cervical cancer say researchers
- HPV screening more accurate than Pap test
- HPV vaccine makes girls more cautious about sex
- Health experts call for cervical cancer vaccine action
- Jade Goody's plight prompts rise in cervical screening
- Modified surgical technique may improve cervical cancer treatment
- Most women unaware of virus link to cervical cancer
- NICE recommends topotecan for cervical cancer
- New cervical cancer vaccine being trialled
- New study investigates whether vegetable extract can prevent cervical
- PET scans identify cervical cancer patients with poorer prognosis
- Public in dark over causes of cervical cancer
- Scientists find clues to new targets for cervical vaccines
- Scotland - nine in ten receive first cervical cancer jab
- Scottish government unveils cervical cancer vaccination scheme
- Semen risk not likely to affect cervical cancer says Cancer Research UK
- Specialist calls for HPV education
- Study shows clinically-approved drugs could be used in fight against cervical cancer
- Use of the pill linked to cervical cancer
- Women 'too busy' to attend cervical screening
- Cancer Research N. Ireland urges more women to attend cervical screening
- Cervical cancer risk reduces after stopping the pill
- Cervical cancer vaccination programme to be extended
- Cervical cancer vaccine could cut mortality by three quarters
- Cervical cancer vaccine may be more effective than thought say scientists
- Cervical cancer vaccine moves closer to approval
- Cervical screening has saved 100,000 lives
- Deprivation doubles cervical cancer risk
- Doctors warn of cervical screening decline
- Experts predict 'major decrease' in cervical cancer rates
- Gay men seeking HPV vaccine
- HPV jab will prevent two thirds of cervical cancers in under 30s by 2025
- HPV test may offer 'better protection' than smear test
- HPV vaccine protects against cervical cancer for at least six years
- How a hide-and-seek virus holds secrets for cervical cancer prevention
- MRI technique may provide earlier cervical cancer diagnosis
- Most mums want cervical cancer jabs for their daughters
- Multiple HPV infections raises cancer risk says study
- New HPV vaccine may offer broader protection against cervical cancer
- New screening test could prevent more cervical cancer
- Over-50s still face cervical cancer risk
- Potential link between HPV and bladder cancer
- Research suggests condoms effective against cervical cancer virus
- Scientists try to unravel role of stress on cervical cancer
- Scottish cervical cancer vaccine pledge
- Screening cuts cervical cancer rates by half
- Smoking and HPV deadly cervical cancer combination says study
- Studies confirm value of cervical cancer vaccination
- Swinging 60s saw a rise in HPV related cancers
- Wales speeds up HPV vaccination catch-up campaign
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