Cervical Cancer: Early Detection is Key to Saving Lives, Say Medanta Doctors

• January is World Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, prompting Medanta Hospital, Noida, to host an awareness session.
• HPV, a common yet dangerous infection, can lead to life-threatening cervical cancer if early symptoms are ignored.
• Dr. Priya Bansal highlights that cervical cancer is preventable with timely diagnosis and screening, despite being common.
• Liquid-Based Cytology (LBC) offers 95% accuracy for cervical cancer detection, significantly higher than the 60% of traditional Pap smears.
• Symptoms like genital warts, abnormal bleeding, foul-smelling discharge, and pelvic pain warrant immediate testing; HPV vaccination is also crucial.

Why It Matters: Timely screening, LBC testing, and HPV vaccination are crucial for preventing and detecting cervical cancer early.