CERVICAL CANCER
Cervical Cancer . Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women, and the seventh overall, with an estimated 528,000 new cases in 2012. A large majority (around 85%) of the global burden occurs in the less developed regions, where it accounts for almost 12%of all female cancers. High risk regions, with estimated Age standardized incidence rate (ASRs) of over 30 per 100,000, include Eastern Africa (42.7), Melanesia (33.3), southern (31.5) and middle (30.6) Africa. Rates are lowest in Australia/New Zealand (5.5) and western Asia (4.4). Cervical cancer remains the most common cancer in women in eastern and middle Africa. There were an estimated 266,000 deaths from cervical cancer worldwide in 2012. Mortality varies 18-fold between the different regions of the world, with rates ranging from less than 2 per 100,000 in western Asia, western Europe and Australia/New Zealand to more 20 per 100,000 in Melanesia (20.6), middle (22.2) and eastern (27.6) Africa. Cervical cancer is a