A Policy Statement from the Royal Thai College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists as issued by the RTCOG Executive Board Preinvasive Cervical Cancer Screening and Treatment by Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (VIA) and Cryotherapy
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Cervical cancer is the most common cancer among Thai women, with the agestandardized incidence rate (ASR) of 24.7 per 100,000. In Thailand, an estimated 7,000 new cases occur each year. Cervical cancer is the third, behind liver and lung cancer, leading cause of cancer mortality among Thai women. There are approximately 7 women die every day from cervical cancer. The peak incidence of cervical cancer among Thai women occurs between the ages of 45 to 55. These patients are in the working age group, many of them have children studying in the secondary school or higher; so having cervical cancer will have a tremendous impact to their families.
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