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Cervical cancer is a malignancy of the cervix. Worldwide, it is the second most common cancer of women. It may present with vaginal bleeding but symptoms may be absent until the cancer is in advanced stages, which has made cervical cancer the focus of intense screening efforts utilizing the Pap smear. Most scientific studies have found that human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is responsible for >90% of the cases of cervical cancer. There are 7 most common types of HPV - 16, 18, 31, 33, ...
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Cervical Cancer Organizations
- National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- National Cancer Institute http://www.nci.nih.gov/
- National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
- Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
- American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/
- American College of Physicians http://www.acponline.org/
- Women's Cancer Network
- American Medical Association http://www.ama-assn.org/
- College of American Pathologists http://www.cap.org/
- Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation http://www.kff.org
- American Society for Clinical Pathology
- National Women's Health Information Center, OWH, HHS http://www.4woman.gov/
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Resource Center http://www.acog.org/
- Cancer Information Service, NCI, NIH, HHS http://cis.nci.nih.gov/
- Center for Research on Women with Disabilities http://www.bcm.tmc.edu/crowd/
- National Center for Health Statistics, CDC, OPHS, HHS http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
- Food and Drug Administration, HHS http://www.fda.gov/
- Office of Women's Health, OEA, FDA, HHS http://www.fda.gov/womens/default.htm
- National Library of Medicine Office of Public Information http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services http://www.os.dhhs.gov/
- National Cancer Institute, NIH, HHS http://www.nci.nih.gov/
- Gynecologic Cancer Foundation http://www.thegcf.org/
- Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, HHS http://cms.hhs.gov/
- Office of Population Affairs Clearinghouse, OPA, OPHS, OS, HHS http://opa.osophs.dhhs.gov/clearinghouse.html
- Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, NCCDPHP, CDC http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/
- National Cervical Cancer Coalition (NCCC) http://www.nccc-online.org/
- Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum http://www.apiahf.org/
- Office of Medical Applications of Research http://odp.od.nih.gov/omar/
- Lab Tests Online http://www.labtestsonline.org/
- MayoClinic http://www.mayoclinic.com/
- Cleveland Clinic http://www.clevelandclinic.org
- HealthWorld http://www.healthy.net/
- Google Health https://www.google.com/health
Resources
- Abnormal Pap Test Results (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
- ACOG's Physician Directory (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
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