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Be sure to read the whole web page---This is part of: http://www.icr.ac.uk/press/releases/cervical_smoking.html

Sex, Smoking and Cervical Cancer

"What researchers have now discovered is that women with HPV who smoke are more likely to develop CIN3, which is a precursor of cervical cancer, than women with HPV who don't smoke. But women who take the pill are at little or no increased risk. "

Researcher Dr Judith Deacon from The Institute says: "For a long time scientists have suspected that smoking increases the risk of women developing cervical cancer. But because smoking is strongly related to sexual behaviour it has been very difficult to disentangle the roles of the different risk factors. This study now confirms the role of smoking."

"Dr Deacon says: "This tells us that HPV infection carries a greater risk of causing disease the longer women have it. "

 "At a practical level the main message of our study is that women who want to reduce their risk of cervical cancer should stop smoking. They should of course also have a regular smear test, which has been shown to prevent the great majority of cervical cancers."

 ..."The Director General of The Cancer Research Campaign Prof. Gordon McVie says: "This study is important because it is the biggest study of its kind to distinguish between risk factors for HPV and cervical cancer. In the past it was always assumed that the risk factors for cervical cancer would be identical to those for HPV infection. But the evidence now clearly points towards persistent HPV infection and smoking being the major culprits for cervical cancer."

British Journal of Cancer Vol 83 (11)

 Part of :http://www.accv.org.au/cancer1/prevent/papscreen/cervical.htm

 What causes cervical cancer?

Some factors seem to put some women at a higher risk. These include:

• Human Papilloma or wart virus (HPV). Almost everyone is infected with HPV at some stage in their life. Most cases of HPV resolve themselves and have no ill effects. Many women have HPV and don't ever show signs of abnormal cell changes. The exact link between HPV infection and cervical cancer is unclear. It remains the subject of research.
• Daughters of women who used the drug diethylstilboestrol (DES) during pregnancy to prevent a miscarriage. The use of this drug has declined since the 1940s and 1950s.
• Smoking, which increases the risk of cervical cancer.

Victorian cervical cancer statistics (1999)

• In 1997, 68 women died of cervical cancer. This is a decrease from 94 women in 1982.
• About 85 per cent of the women who died of cervical cancer had not had regular Pap tests. More than half had never had a Pap test at all.

• In 1997, 180 women were diagnosed with cervical cancer. This is a decrease from 229 women diagnosed in 1982.
• Most cases of cervical cancer occur in women older than 40.
• In 1997, 46 per cent of women diagnosed with cervical cancer were 40 to 59 years old and 36 per cent were 60 and older.
• Despite declining numbers, cervical cancer is the third most common cancer to affect women in the 20 to 49 year age group.

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Part of: http://www.intimacyinstitute.com/index.html

http://www.intimacyinstitute.com/about/research/index.html

Source: 1997 Durex Global Sex Survey

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Part of: http://trfn.clpgh.org/aawsb/riskcervical.html

"The African American Women's Speakers Bureau

Cervical Cancer Risk Factors

Being a Woman

Early Onset of Sexual Activity

Having had a sexually transmitted disease

Having had Human Papilloma virus

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Part of: http://www.cancergroup.com/em14.html

"When diagnosed early, most cervical cancers are curable".

"Thus, cancer of the cervix is rare among nuns and common among prostitutes. A sexually transmitted virus is suspected to be a causative factor or cofactor. As with prostatic cancer, chronic cigarette smoking appears to increase the risk of occurrence of this neoplasm. Another peculiar difference, at least in the United States, is that cancer of the cervix occurs about twice as frequently among black as among white women, whereas cancer of the uterus occurs two to four times as often in white women.

Cervical cancer is one of the most common types or cancer in young women and comes in many varieties. Fortunately, recent research has helped improve survival and give more hope than ever before for those stricken with cervical cancer."

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Part of : http://www.alohalabs.com/cervical_cancer.htm

"What are the causes and risks of the disease?

Cervical cancer is believed to be caused by the prescence of one or more strains of the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). Certain health problems, lifestyle choices, and other factors may increase a woman's risk for developing cervical cancer. These include:

Exposure to the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). Women who have certain types of HPV, including type 16, 18, 31, 33, 35, have a very high lifetime risk of getting cancer of the cervix or vulva, the outer part of the vagina. HPV is contracted through sexual intercourse or it may be passes own from your mother. It is estimated that over 80 percent of women today have one form of HPV.

Having multiple sex partners.

Becoming sexually active at an early age, before the age of 18.

Being the daughter of a woman who took DES (diethylstibestrol) during pregnancy "

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Part of: http://www.health.gov.au/hfs/pubhlth/cervical/papsmear/how.html

How often should I have a Pap smear?

If you are over 18 and have ever had sex, you should have a Pap smear every two years, even if you no longer have sex.

The most common type of cervical cancer usually takes more than ten years to develop, so having a Pap smear every two years is quite sufficient. Your doctor may recommend more frequent Pap smears if a previous one showed significant cell changes or you experience problems, such as bleeding or pain after sex.

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Part of: http://www.plannedparenthood.org/sti/HPVfacts1.html

How many people have genital HPV infections?
Genital HPV infections are very common. Up to 20 million people in the U.S. have them. But most don't know it.

Does HPV cause cervical cancer?
A small number of genital HPVs are linked to cancers of the cervix, vulva, vagina, anus, and penis. Long-term infections with these HPVs increase the risk of cervical cancer.

Most women recover from HPV infections with no health problems at all. It is not known why some women develop long-term HPV infection, pre-cancerous abnormal cell changes, or cervical cancer.

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Part of: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_801000/801320.stm

"HPV is found in almost all women who have cervical cancer but most women who have the virus never go on to develop the disease."

"Dr Nathalie Ylitalo, of the Karolinska Institute, who led the second study, said: "Analysis of the amount of HPV DNA can predict cancer risk at a stage when current screening methods are uninformative."

Professor Norman Maitland of York University, who has led ground-breaking research into HPV, welcomed the Swedish studies, saying it confirmed what had been suspected.

He added: "This is telling us that if you can detect the viral infection at an early stage, you should be able to reduce that viral infection and can reduce the risk of the final tumour."

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Part of : http://www.accv.org.au/cancer1/prevent/papscreen/sex.htm

Sex and cervical cancer_______

All women between the ages of 18 and 70 who have ever had sex should have a Pap test every 2 years. A Pap test is a quick and simple test used to screen women for changes to the cells of the cervix that may lead to cervical cancer. Women should start having Pap tests about a year after their first sexual contact. Sexual contact includes intercourse and female to female sex. Lesbians need Pap tests too.

Women who have only had sex once in their lives are still at risk of cervical cancer. Women who have only had one sexual partner are still at risk of cervical cancer. Women who are divorced, widowed or no longer sexually active are still at risk of cervical cancer. The only thing that offers women any protection from cervical cancer is a Pap test every 2 years.

Menopause does not protect women from cervical cancer. In fact most cases of cervical cancer occur in women older than 40 years. All women need to keep having a Pap test every 2 years until they are 70.

Cervical cancer is not a sexually transmitted disease, however it has been linked to the Human Papilloma Virus (wart virus), which can be transmitted sexually.

Part of: http://www.wellcerv.co.uk/cervical_cancer_risks_prevention.htm

"Most women will come into contact with HPV at some time in their lives however, most will clear the virus from their body within about 8 months and not go on to develop cervical abnormalities. Some women do not appear to be able to shed the virus and this persistent infection can lead to cell changes which if left untreated, could develop."

This does not mean that you will be stigmatised as promiscuous or unfaithful. The HPV virus can be harboured for many years before any pre-cancerous lesions become evident, therefore you should not assume that these changes are directly attributable to a newly-acquired infection in either you or your partner.

Smoking: A possible mechanism for this is that smoking weakens the immune system's ability to eliminate HPV. Another possibility is that the harmful substances present in tobacco damage the DNA of cells in the cervix and may contribute to the development of the disease.

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Preventing Cervical Cancer http://bodysoul.chickclick.com/articles/300432p1.html

Cervical Cancer: The Facts http://www.cervicalscreen.health.gov.au/facts/index.html

Women who have sex with women (WSW) may be at greater risk for certain cancers due to certain behaviors and social factors. http://www.gayhealthchannel.com/wswcancer

New treatment improves cervical-cancer survival http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/nation-world/html98/cerv_19990223.html

Latest news on cervical cancer and the HPV virus. http://healingwell.subportal.com/health/Diseases_and_Conditions/Cancer/Cervical

FACTS AND FIGURES OF CANCER IN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY http://telescan.nki.nl/iarc.html

Reducing Teen Pregnancy: Sex & Contraceptive Education http://www.womenshealthchannel.com/teenpregnancy/sexeducation.shtml

8 cases of cervical cancer out of 100,000 women. http://www.medscape.com/SCP/TAR/1999/v09.n03/a6344.gold/a6344.gold-02.html

UK tests cervical cancer vaccine http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_1114000/1114551.stm

GYNECOLOGIC CANCERS http://prl.humc.edu/obgyn/cobra/cobra/TEXT/GYNONC/Gcancer.htm

What You Should Know and What You Should Do (for teen, and about the testing itself) http://www.teenwire.com/warehous/articles/wh_20000505p068.asp

Causes, incidence, and risk factors http://health.yahoo.com/health/Diseases_and_Conditions/Disease_Feed_Data/Cervical_cancer

 Does not mention teen sex as a factor in uterine cancer. http://cancernet.nci.nih.gov/wyntk_pubs/uterus.htm http://www.methodisthealth.com/health/gynonc/uterine.htm

Does mention teen sex as a factor in cervical cancer along with many other factors. You need to read all the factors and use your head. Don't just let them pick on sex as the problem. They may have a religiou basis also. http://www.cancerlinksusa.com/cervix/whatyouneedtoknow.htm

Look at percentages, gynecologtic 4.5% REPRODUCTIVE FACTORS 3 % causes of cancers read both Gynecologic (Cervical, Uterine, and Ovarian) Cancer and Breast Cancer

http://www.benbest.com/health/cancer.html

 http://womenshealth.about.com/cs/cancerprevention

http://www.state.nj.us/health/cancer/rpt98/cervical.htm

http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9604/04/nfm

http://www.cervicalscreen.health.gov.au/facts

http://trfn.clpgh.org/aawsb/cervical.html 

Research on Sexuality and the Bible and Christianity. God made sexuality, both animal and human. He said it was very good. Only part of human nature is evil is the "sin principal part", not our sexuality or our human body. http://inkaboutit.homestead.com/index6.html

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