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Control of cervical cancer: Women's options and rights
Author(s) -
Cain Joanna M.,
Ngan Hextan,
Garland Suzanne,
Wright Thomas
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijgo.2009.03.027
Subject(s) - cervical cancer , psychological intervention , control (management) , resource (disambiguation) , economic growth , disease control , medicine , business , cancer , political science , environmental health , nursing , economics , management , computer network , computer science
Cervical cancer takes the lives of more than 250 000 women each year globally, particularly in under‐resourced areas of low‐, middle‐, and high‐income countries. Options for cancer control and treatment have reached a point that there are interventions for control that could be adopted for virtually every resource and demographic situation. Women die despite the availability of attractive control options, which means that educating policy makers, women's health professionals, as well as women themselves, must become a major focus for ongoing control of this disease. The human right to life, to prevention of suffering, and to education are all key rights linked to improving the control of cervical cancer and saving the lives of women, particularly in resource‐poor parts of the world.