Cervical cancer

The recent publicity of cervical cancer has raised awareness of the disease and the number of women attending regular screening for this sometimes deadly form of cancer has increased dramatically. As the name implies, this type of cancer attacks the cervix uteri or cervical area and develops if the cells of the cervix (neck of the womb) become abnormal and grow out of control. There are two main types of cervical cancer: squamous cell cancer, which is the most common, and adenocarcinoma - although they are often mixed. They are named after the types of cell that become cancerous. Squa...