Cervical cancer the most lethal for Thai women

Cervical cancer the most lethal for Thai women

Nine Thai women die every day from cervical cancer, the deputy chief of the Medical Department revealed Monday.

Wanchai Satayawutthipong, who presided over a workshop Monday on guidelines for screening to detect cervical cancer in 75 provinces, said the disease was the most lethal cancer among Thai women. Most of those diagnosed were between 45 and 60 years old.

In 2007, there were 7,000 new cervical cancer patients and 3,500 women died from the disease - about nine deaths per day, he said.

http://www.nationmul...-for-Thai-women

For those of you - in any country - with pre-pubescent daughters, it's worth giving them the HPV vaccination.

http://www.guttmache...ls/2715401.html

A report can be read here...Cervical Cancer seems to be the fault of the Thai men.

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International Family Planning Perspectives
Volume 27, Number 3, September 2001 DIGEST
Thai Men Who Patronize Prostitutes Place Their Wives at Risk of HPV-Associated Cervical Cancer