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Cervical Cancer Becoming a Sociological Problem, Says Indian Expert
February 04, 2008 at 1:18 PM
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Shanta, a middle-aged woman from southern India, is the mother of a 13-year-old born after 15 years of marriage.
Overcoming her inhibitions, she allowed herself to be touched, groped and investigated by many doctors, all in the name of saving her marriage.
None of that seemed to help. Her husband is threatening to go for a second marriage, for he cant have sex with Shanta anymore. Cervical cancer is a dreaded word among women.
Ironically it has been estimated that in over 90 per cent of the cervical cancer cases, the wife is infected by a promiscuous husband.
Carcinoma of the uterine cervix or cervical cancer accounts for 34 per cent of cancers in women, and it could be triggered by many factors including unhygienic conditions, early marriages, repeated child births apart from promiscuous sex.
Cervical cancer is the most common cancer among women from rural areas. Shame and stigma prevent them from disclosing the symptoms initially. Even when they do, they prefer palliative medicine, rather than visit the district headquarters for examinations, said C. Raghunath Rao, Radiotherapist at MNJ Institute of Oncology and Regional Cancer Centre, Hyderabad, capital of the state of Andhra Pradesh.
Cervical cancer forms a whopping 30 per cent of the total cancer cases in the institute. Use of soiled rags during menstruation and non-adherence to post-coital hygiene aggravate the problem.
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