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[ad_1] Women with mental illness, neuropsychiatric disability, or substance abuse run more than twice the risk of developing cervical cancer, as they are less likely to go for gynaecological smear tests, according to a study published in The Lancet Public Health. The researchers at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, stressed the importance of proactively approaching these women as a preventative measure against cervical cancer. The observational study included over four million women born between 1940 and 1995. In the women, the researchers compared women diagnosed by a specialist with mental illness, neuropsychiatric disability, or substance abuse with women without such diagnoses. They then calculated the risk of cervical cancer and precancerous cervical lesions, including their participation in screening programs for cervical cancer. "Our results suggest that women with these diagnoses participate more seldom in screening programs at the same time as they have a higher i

[ad_1] Last Updated: January 22, 2023, 18:44 IST Most sexually-active women contract the infection at some point in their lives with or without symptoms India accounts for the highest number of cervical cancer cases as every year 1.25 lakh women are diagnosed with cervical cancer and over 75 thousand die from it Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer of women in India, despite being largely preventable. India accounts for the highest number of cervical cancer cases as every year approximately 1.25 lakh women are diagnosed with cervical cancer, and over 75 thousand die from the disease in India. A large majority of cervical cancer (more than 95 percent) is due to the human papillomavirus (HPV). Dr. Gautam Wankhede, Director, Medical Affairs, Mylab Discovery Solutions explains 10 facts about human papillomavirus (HPV). The human papillomavirus is the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI). HPV can be transmitted through skin-to-skin sexual contact so the transmi