Statistical Modelling of Cervix Cancer: A Hospital Based Study from Western Nepal

According to the WHO Report of 2010, cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women worldwide and the first in under-developed and developing countries, which abide more than 80% of the global burden of the disease (WHO, 2010). Annually, it is estimated that 493,000 women worldwide will be diagnosed with cervical cancer and that 273,000 will die from the disease (Xiu-Zhen et al., 2012). South Asian countries like India, Nepal and Sri Lanka jointly contribute to nearly onethird of the global cervical cancer burden (Ferlay et al., 2010). There are a multitude of risk factors for cervical cancer worldwide (Raychaudhuri et al., 2012). There are therefore several risk factors for cervical cancer (viz HPV infection, sexual behaviors, p53 polymorphism and the characteristics of smoking) and these will in turn be related to tumorigenic potential (Sitakan et al., 2012). The