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Can cervical cancer be prevented?
Cancer of the cervix is one cancer where some risk factors can be reduced. The two risk factors are early sexual activity and having multiple sex partners.
Risk Factors
- Sexual intercourse at early age
- Multiple sex partners
- Genital infection e.g. herpes simplex virus type 11, human papilloma virus (HPV)
- Early pregnancy with a first baby before 20 years of age.
- Age 40 - 60 years
- Symptoms of established or invasive cancer of the cervix
- Bleeding after sexual intercourse (Postcoital staining)
- Irregular vaginal bleeding
- Vaginal bleeding one year or more after the menopause (Post-menopausal bleeding)
- Foul-smelling vaginal discharge
- Pre-cancer of the cervix is without symptoms.
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