Crvical Cancer Research Papers
CHEMUNG COUNTY (WENY) - If you are a woman there is a high chance you will get a virus that is directly linked to causing cervical cancer. However, the virus can be prevented through a vaccine.
It's a pretty shocking number but 80 percent of women will get the human papillomavirus at one time or another by the time they are 50 years old. HPV is known to cause multiple types of cancers, including cervical cancer. But the positive news is it can be prevented and a local organization is providing the vaccine at no cost.
Former Southside High School Graduate, Christine Baze, was just 31 years old when the term cervical cancer began to take over her life. First it started with the fight on how to beat it through surgeries, radiation and chemotherapy. …show more content…
Only now in a positive way and teaching others how it can be prevented through her Yellow Umbrella Organization. "This is about stopping a cancer. Who wants cancer? Who wants their daughter to call them, like I had to call my mom, and say Mom Baze, Marlene Baze, on Duboise Street in Elmira, NY, through tears, bawling, in my car, saying 'I have cancer," says Baze.
The human papillomavirus is a known cause of cervical cancer and is transmitted through sexual contact. However the vaccine, Gardasil, can prevent HPV and is recommended for both males and females ages 9 to 26.
Denise Argetsinger the Cancer Services Spokeswoman at the Chemung County Department of Health, reminds women early detection is key in preventing cervical cancer which is why it's so important to get a PAP smear. "Cervical cancer is preventable and so many people just say I don't have the time I don't like to go to the doctor, I don't like to have that exam but like any other cancer it doesn't matter what age you are it can happen to you," explains Argetsinger.
If you haven't gotten the vaccine or your annual pap smear, the Southern Tier Cancer Services Program provides free cancer screenings and the HPV vaccine if you don't have
It's a pretty shocking number but 80 percent of women will get the human papillomavirus at one time or another by the time they are 50 years old. HPV is known to cause multiple types of cancers, including cervical cancer. But the positive news is it can be prevented and a local organization is providing the vaccine at no cost.
Former Southside High School Graduate, Christine Baze, was just 31 years old when the term cervical cancer began to take over her life. First it started with the fight on how to beat it through surgeries, radiation and chemotherapy. …show more content…
Only now in a positive way and teaching others how it can be prevented through her Yellow Umbrella Organization. "This is about stopping a cancer. Who wants cancer? Who wants their daughter to call them, like I had to call my mom, and say Mom Baze, Marlene Baze, on Duboise Street in Elmira, NY, through tears, bawling, in my car, saying 'I have cancer," says Baze.
The human papillomavirus is a known cause of cervical cancer and is transmitted through sexual contact. However the vaccine, Gardasil, can prevent HPV and is recommended for both males and females ages 9 to 26.
Denise Argetsinger the Cancer Services Spokeswoman at the Chemung County Department of Health, reminds women early detection is key in preventing cervical cancer which is why it's so important to get a PAP smear. "Cervical cancer is preventable and so many people just say I don't have the time I don't like to go to the doctor, I don't like to have that exam but like any other cancer it doesn't matter what age you are it can happen to you," explains Argetsinger.
If you haven't gotten the vaccine or your annual pap smear, the Southern Tier Cancer Services Program provides free cancer screenings and the HPV vaccine if you don't have