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Cervical
Cancer in the UK Approximately 3,240 new cases of cervical cancer are diagnosed in the UK each year. A further 22,000 women are treated for pre-cancerous conditions of the cervix (where cells in the cervix show changes that can lead to the development of cancer). World-wide, cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women. Currently, in the UK, it is the most frequent type of cancer in women under 35 years of age and is the eighth most common cancer in women. There were 2,740 new cases of invasive cervical cancer in England and Wales in 1997. This is a 26% fall in incidence over the previous five years with 9.3 cases per 100,000 women(1). |
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