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Socioeconomic Factors Increasing Cervical Cancer Rates for Some in the U.S. Despite Downward Nationwide Trends
AmeriHealth Caritas Shares Advice to Help Women Prevent Cervical Cancer
Cervical cancer is a preventable disease, yet a large number of Americans are still dying from it--especially black and Hispanic women. While deaths are decreasing as more women have been vaccinated against HPV, the leading cause of cervical cancer, there are still an estimated 11,900 new cases of cervical cancer being diagnosed in the U.S. each year. To prevent these results, it is crucial that women keep themselves informed as recent cervical cancer testing recommendations and HPV vaccination age limit have changed.
