Juniper Publishers Gynecology and Women’s Health

            JUNIPER PUBLISHERS- JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGY AND WOMEN’S HEALTH                               Journal of Gynecology and Women’s Health-Juniper Publishers    Authored by Nandini Manoli* Abstract Cervical cancer (CC) is the fourth most common cancer in women, and the seventh overall, with an estimated 528,000 new cases in 2012 Although the annual number of cases has increased, cancer of the cervix has declined in relative importance: it was the second most common cancer of women in 1975. In addition, the incidence and mortality of CC is variable within low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). In India, there are 20.2 per 100000 new cases of CC diagnosed and 11.1 per 100000 deaths annually, accounting for more than one fifth of the global CC deaths. In sub-Saharan Africa, 34.8 per 100000 women are diagnosed with CC annually and 22.5 per 100000 women die from this disease. Therefore, various cost effective methods are required besides conventional pap smear screening