Cervical Cancer on the Rise: What Women Need to Know

If you’re a woman, or have a wife, daughter, mother or sister – you’ll want to hear this.

A recent study in the International Journal of Gynecological Cancer found that advanced-stage cervical cancer is on the rise in the United States among white and Black women.

“I am seeing more women come to me with advanced cervical cancers,” says Amanda Ramos, MD, gynecological oncologist at the Hartford HealthCare Cancer Institute at The Hospital of Central Connecticut. “I think that during COVID there was a decrease in the number of pap smears, and patients didn’t have good access to cervical cancer screening at that time.”

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