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Learn about Cervical Cancer in Our Community
Cervical cancer was one of the leading cancer killers of women in our grandmother's generation. Due to widespread screening with the Pap test, death rates from cervical cancer have fallen dramatically.
But, our sisters are still being diagnosed with cervical cancer and dying from cervical cancer each year.
- We are diagnosed with cervical cancer at twice the rate of white women
- We ha ve the highest cervical cancer death rate of any group of women in the United States.
The situation doesn't have to be this way. Cervical cancer is entirely preventable. Cervical cancer screening means preventing cervical cancer before it starts. Cervical cancer screening can also mean diagnosing cervical cancer early so that it can be treated. And HPV vaccination means protecting girls from getting the virus that causes cervical cancer.