Student Health Services
Women ROCC!
Reaching Out Against Cervical Cancer
Peer
Education Training
Women ROCC! Reaching out against
Cervical Cancer is grant funded by the Center for Social Marketing &
Behavior Change located in Washington
DC. Women ROCC! Trainers will conduct a training on cervical cancer, women’s GYN health issues and
prevention. UTSA Peer educators will
then be involved with the planning, development and implementation of a “HPV”
and cervical cancer outreach event in February!
Date: Monday
January 29, 2007
Time: 1:00-5:00 pm
Lunch
at 1:00
Location: Student
Health Services Classroom RWC 1.502
RSVP: Space
is limited so please contact: Kathleen.Ceresoli@utsa.edu or
458-6428
January is Cervical Cancer Awareness
Month! Cervical Cancer Facts from Women
ROCC! :
http://www.wrocc.org/
Cervical cancer was once the leading cause of death for women in
the United States; however, during the
past four decades, incidence and mortality (death rates) have declined
significantly, largely because of the widespread use of the Papanicolaou (Pap) test
to detect cervical abnormalities. When these abnormalities are present in the
cervix, it is called cervical cancer, or cancer of the cervix. About half of
the women in the United States who develop cervical
cancer have never had a Pap test. Here
are a few other things you should know:
- In 2006, an estimated 9,710
cases of invasive cervical cancer will be diagnosed in
the United States. Some researchers estimate
that noninvasive cervical cancer (carcinoma in situ)
is about four times more common than invasive cervical cancer.
- About 3,700 women will die
from cervical cancer in the United States during 2006 even though this
disease is almost 100 percent curable when it is diagnosed in its early
stages and promptly treated.
- HPV is short for human
papilloma (pap-ah-lo-mah)
virus. This virus can cause changes in the cervix. Cervical
infection with HPV is the main risk factor for cervical cancer. There are
over 80 types of HPV. Approximately 30 types are spread sexually; about
half of these have been linked to cervical cancer.
- Early diagnosis and treatment
through Pap tests and the HPV test can save the lives of many women.