Simelela, P.N. (2020). WHO global strategy to eliminate cervical cancer as a public health problem: An opportunity to make it a disease of the past. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 152(1), pp.1–3.
Abstract: Cervical cancer develops in a woman’s cervix (the entrance to the uterus from the vagina). Almost all cervical cancer cases (99%) are linked to infection with high-risk human papillomaviruses (HPV), an extremely common virus transmitted through sexual contact. Although most infections with HPV resolve spontaneously and cause no symptoms, persistent infection can cause cervical cancer in women. Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women. In 2018, an estimated 570 000 women were diagnosed with cervical cancer worldwide and about 311 000 women died from the disease.