Cervical Cancer Surgery

Cervical Cancer Surgery - How to prevent?

Cervical Cancer Surgery - Causes and Risk Factors

Who Are At Risk?

Your risk will increase if you:

Start sexual intercourse at an early age
Have multiple sexual partners
Smoke
Have a history of sexually transmitted disease
Have HIV infection
Have persistent high risk types of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection
Have a weakened immune

Cervical Cancer Surgery - Preparing for surgery

Cervical Cancer Surgery - Other Information

Gynaecological Oncology

Article contributed by KK Gynaecological Cancer Centre, KK Women's and Children's Hospital

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