Noun
cervical cancer (countable and uncountable, plural cervical cancers)
(pathology) (oncology) A type of cancer of the cervix of the uterus which can afflict some female mammals including humans. The term usually does not refer to cancer of the neck or other parts of the anatomy which use the term cervix.
The saddest thing of all is to know a lady's life has been saved from AIDS but died from cervical cancer. George W. Bush
I have cervical cancer. I'm what they call a DES baby... I have been cancer free for 7 years now... I had it the first time when I was 19 and then it came back a few years later after I went through treatment. Amy Weber
An estimated 2 million American women will be diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer this decade and screening could prevent up to 30% of these deaths for women over 40. Matthew Lesko
According to Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust, around 3,000 women are diagnosed with cervical every year in the UK. Source: Internet
Cervical cancer usually takes time to develop, so delaying the start of screening a few years poses little risk of missing a potentially precancerous lesion. Source: Internet
Cervical cancer is the cancer most commonly associated with HPV, but the virus can also lead to vulvar and vaginal, anal, penile and oral cancers. Source: Internet