Infection with high-risk HPV is the leading risk factor for cervical cancer, followed by smoking. So most cervical carcinomas are related to risk factors -- particularly high-risk HPV and nearly all cases of cervical cancer can be attributable to HPV infection.
I think it's a type of cancer where primary and secondary prevention is well established (and used if the infrastructure exists: nearly 90% of the deaths worldwide in 2018 occurred in low- and middle-income countries). In consequence, the number of deaths from cervical cancer caused by risk factors is decreasing worldwide. Nevertheless, it remains one of the cancer types that is mainly associated with risk factors.
Thanks for your reply, dear Romina Rösch and Qudsia Nawaz ,
I agree with mentioned issues, cervical cancer really went a bit far than just being a biology-based research. So, Do you think this phenomenon, needs more organizational culture-building-activities rather than accessibility to HPV vaccine?
Interesting question! We have a Special Issue about " Update on Cervical Cancer Prevention and Screening ", welcome you to publish your interesting result.
Yes, I totally agree. If you see the worldwide map of disease spread, it's prevalence in practicing Muslim countries is around the same as that in countries where there is easy availability of primary and secondary prevention measures.
This signifies the importance of good cultural or you may even say good religious values.
It seems to me that the significant increase in sexual prudence is perhaps the most important or one of the most important, the cause of this significant increase in the rate of cervical cancer.