Cervical Cancer Prevention–for health professionals (PDQ®)

CERVICAL CANCER

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Changes to This Summary (12/11/2015)

Overview

Added Who is at Risk as a new subsection.

Added Sexual activity at an early age and with a greater number of partners as a new subsection.

Description of Evidence

Added Sexual activity at an early age and with a greater number of partners as a new subsection.

Added text to state that abstinence from sexual activity is associated with a near-total reduction in the risk of developing cervical cancer.

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