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Risk Factors and Prevention of Cervical Cancer
Cervical cancer develops in stages and usually takes a long time to develop.
Risk factors for cervical cancer include:
- human papilloma virus (HPV), which can cause cell changes that may become cancer
- being a daughter of a woman who used the drug diethylstilboestrol (DES) during pregnancy to prevent a miscarriage
- smoking, which increases the risk of cervical cancer fourfold.
A vaccine (GARDASIL) has been developed that prevents the types of HPV most commonly linked to cervical cancer
(Source: Cervical cancer [The Cancer Council Victoria])
Screening for cancer is also a very important way of preventing cancer. Currently, there is screening for cervical cancer through The National Cervical Screening Program [Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing].
Updated October 2011
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| Title: | Cancerscreening.gov.au |
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| Publisher: | Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing |
| Description: | The Cancer Screening page provides information on the national screening programs for bowel cancer, breast, cancer and cervical cancer: Bowel Cancer Screening Program, BreastScreen Australia, and the National Cervical Screening Program. |
| Date: | Feb 2012 |
| Title: | Human papillomavirus HPV and immunisation |
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| Publisher: | Queensland Health |
| Description: | A vaccine has been developed to help prevent the most common types of cervical cancer. The vaccine is available free to girls in Year 8 through the School Based Vaccination Program. |
| Date: | Dec 2011 |
| Title: | Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine |
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| Publisher: | Queensland Health |
| Description: | Information about the HPV vaccine used in the National Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Program. |
| Date: | Dec 2011 |
| Title: | Women can experience high levels of anxiety at all stages of screening for cervical cancer including colposcopy |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Women can experience high levels of anxiety at all stages of screening for cervical cancer including colposcopy (visualisation of the cervix by using a binocular microscope). Colposcopy has been shown to be associated with high levels of anxiety, even h... |
| Date: | Nov 2011 |
| Title: | Diethylstilboestrol (DES) |
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| Publisher: | Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing |
| Description: | Links to TGA alerts about Diethylstilboestrol (DES) |
| Date: | May 2011 |
| Title: | Cervical cancer |
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| Publisher: | The Cancer Council Victoria |
| Description: | Cervical cancer develops in stages. Pap tests are useful because they can detect abnormal cells that may become cancerous. Early detection allows treatment before cancer happens. |
| Date: | Jul 2010 |
| Title: | Cervical cancer screening |
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| Publisher: | The Cancer Council Australia |
| Description: | Provides information about cervical cancer screening and links to further information. |
| Date: | Jul 2010 |
| Title: | Cervical cancer: symptoms and diagnosis - myDr.com.au |
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| Publisher: | myDr |
| Description: | If you have an abnormal Pap test result, you may need further tests for cervical cancer. |
| Date: | Jul 2010 |
| Title: | Cervical cancer - myDr.com.au |
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| Publisher: | myDr |
| Description: | Read about cervical cancer and associated tests and risk factors. |
| Date: | Jul 2010 |
| Title: | Gardasil (human papillomavirus vaccine) |
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| Publisher: | Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing |
| Description: | Advice from the TGA about the human papillomavirus vaccine (Gardasil) |
| Date: | Jun 2010 |
| Title: | Cervical screening and HPV (human papillomavirus) |
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| Publisher: | Queensland Health |
| Description: | Human papillomavirus (HPV) is an infection that four out of five people will have at some stage of their life and never know it. There are over 100 types of HPV that affect different parts of the body. Approximately 20 types of HPV affect the genital area and the cervix. In rare cases, HPV can lead to the development of cervical cancer. |
| Date: | Jun 2010 |
| Title: | Cervical screening in Australia 2007-2008 |
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| Publisher: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| Description: | This data report uses the previous definition of performance indicators, and supplies up-to-date data, but with no commentary. A full report using the new definitions of the performance indicators (for 2008-2009) will follow. |
| Date: | May 2010 |
| Title: | Interventions to prevent blood loss during the treatment of pre-cancerous abnormalities in the cervix (cervical intraepithelial neoplasia). |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Surgery for pre-cancerous cervix lesions (cervical intraepithelial neoplasia) often causes significant bleeding during surgery or within 14 days. This review found that good surgical technique can reduce immediate blood loss and bleeding can also be red... |
| Date: | May 2010 |
| Title: | What is a colposcopy? |
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| Publisher: | Queensland Health |
| Description: | A colposcopy is a close examination of a woman's cervix (or neck of womb) using a special microscope called a colposcope. The colposcope can also be used to examine for abnormal cells in the woman's genital tract, either inside or on the outside of the vagina. |
| Date: | Oct 2009 |
| Title: | National Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination Program register |
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| Publisher: | Queensland Health |
| Description: | Information about the National Human Papillomavirus Vaccination (HPV) Program Register. |
| Date: | Sep 2009 |
| Title: | Cervical screening in Australia 2006-2007 |
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| Publisher: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| Description: | The major objective of the National Cervical Screening Program is to reduce incidence and mortality from cervical cancer. Over 3.5 million women (61.5%) aged 20-69 years participated in the Program in 2006-2007, up from the last report. |
| Date: | Apr 2009 |
| Title: | Adjuvant platinum-based chemotherapy for early stage cervical cancer |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women. Disease control for women with operable cervical cancer with risk factors for recurrence such as lymph node metastasis, lympho-vascular space invasion, depth invasion more than 10mm, microsco... |
| Date: | Jan 2009 |
| Title: | Screening guidelines for women exposed in utero to diethylstilboestrol (DES) |
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| Publisher: | Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing |
| Description: | Diethylstilboestrol, or DES (also known as stilboestrol), is a synthetic oestrogen which was used between 1940 and the early 1970s to prevent miscarriage in women with a previous poor pregnancy outcome. |
| Date: | Apr 2008 |
| Title: | Cervical screening in Australia 2003-2004 |
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| Publisher: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| Description: | This is the eighth national report monitoring the performance of the National Cervical Screening Program using ten indicators which measure program activity, performance and outcome. These indicators help measure changes in disease patterns. |
| Date: | Aug 2006 |
| Title: | Cervical screening in Australia 2002-2003 |
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| Publisher: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| Description: | The report presents most recent information on participation in cervical screening, rate of early re-screening, low-grade and high-grade abnormalities detected, incidence of cervical cancer and mortality. |
| Date: | Oct 2005 |
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