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Health forum delegates discuss cervical cancer
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More than 670 new cases of cervical cancer were reported in Shanghai last year with the disease killing 256 women, health officials told a forum in the city over the weekend.
Comparative figures were not given.
More than 130,000 Chinese women are diagnosed with cervical cancer annually and over 30,000 die, delegates at the forum were told. Once again, comparative figures were not provided.
“The key is to identify pre-cancer changes early and give proper intervention,” said Dr Sui Long from the Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of Fudan University. “Regular screening is extremely important for the detection of pre-cancer changes, especially during the peak period for women developing cervical cancer between 30 and 65 years old.”
Sui said a clinical trial for a cervical cancer vaccination is now in it’s fourth year in China. The vaccine was approved for market use in 2006 in the United States, and later other countries, however, the trial only included white and black women. The Chinese clinical trial was designed to determine whether the vaccine is effective for Asian women.
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