Cervical Cancer Screening: Easier with New Device

Cervical cancer is the fourth leading cancer in women in the United States. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), an estimated 12,820 cases in the country was diagnosed in 2017. Meanwhile, an estimated 4,210 died from the disease. On a global scale, cervical cancer amounts to over 500,000 diagnoses each year.

In comparison to other types of cancer with annual death tolls and diagnoses exceeding hundreds of thousands, cervical cancer is considered rare. The numbers against cervical cancer were not always as favorable, however. The downward trend towards diagnosis and the mortality rate rests upon the fact that cervical …read more