Health News Share Email Print 3 facts you should know about cervical cancer 3 Key facts Vaccines can prevent it. HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccines block the viruses that cause most cervical cancers. Screening saves lives. Cervical cancer was once a leading cancer killer of U.S. women. But screening has led to fewer cervical cancer deaths than in the past. Getting screened on time is key. Routine tests can find abnormal cells before they become cervical cancer. Screening also can find cervical cancer early, when it is easier to treat. You can take steps to lower your cervical cancer risk throughout your life. Find out how. Reviewed 12/12/2023 Sources American Cancer Society. "Can Cervical Cancer Be Prevented?" https://www.cancer.org/cancer/cervical-cancer/causes-risks-prevention/prevention.html. American Cancer Society. "Key Statistics for Cervical Cancer." https://www.cancer.org/cancer/cervical-cancer/about/key-statistics.html. Office on Women's Health. "Cervical Cancer Prevention and Screening." https://www.womenshealth.gov/30-achievements/10. National Cancer Institute. "Cancer Stat Facts." https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/cervix.html World Health Organization. "Cervical Cancer." https://www.who.int/health-topics/cervical-cancer#tab=tab_1 Related stories Health information main Health tools go Select a health topic ADHD Aging Alcohol use disorder Allergies Alternative medicine Alzheimer's disease Arthritis Asthma Babies Backs Bladder Bones Brain Breast cancer Cancer Cancer prevention Caregiving Cervical cancer Children and parenting Cholesterol Colds Colorectal cancer Coronavirus Dental care Depression Diabetes Disaster preparedness Down syndrome Ears Eating disorders Emergencies End of life/Palliative care Environmental health Epilepsy Eyes Fall prevention Family and relationships Feet Fitness and exercise Flu Food safety Hair Headache Health assessments Health calculators Healthcare Heart attack Heart health Hepatitis Hernia High blood pressure Hips HIV/AIDS Holiday health Hormones Imaging Incontinence Joints Kidneys Knees Leukemia Liver Lung cancer Lungs Medications Men's health Menopause Mental health Multiple sclerosis Nails Nose Nutrition Obesity Oral cancer Ovaries Pain Parkinson's disease Pets Pneumonia Pregnancy Prostate cancer Rehabilitation Reproductive health Safety School health Sexuality Sexually transmitted infections Skin Skin cancer Sleep Smoking Sports injuries Stomach pain Stress and anxiety Stroke Substance use disorder Summer safety Surgery Teen health Throat Thyroid Travel Vaccines Vascular health Violence Vitamins and supplements Weight management Winter health Women's health Workplace health Wound care i Providers Internal Medicine Medical Oncology Hematology and Oncology OB/GYN i Services Research and Clinical Trials Radiation Therapy Chemotherapy Cancer Center RSS If you have questions or comments, please contact Randolph Health. Problems reading or opening a page? Legal restrictions and terms of use applicable to this site.