Rahma S Mkuu, Stephanie A Staras, Choeeta Chakrabarti, Jaclyn Hall, Idethia Harvey, Ramzi G Salloum, Sable Barrow, Selena Ortega, Jennifer Woodard, Kayla Seals, Audrey Rawls, Yashaswini Meduri, William T Donahoo, Dianne L Goede, Elizabeth A Shenkman
INTRODUCTION: Human papillomavirus (HPV) causes 99.7% of cervical cancer cases. Cervical cancer is preventable through early detection via HPV testing. However, the number of women screened for cervical cancer has not increased in the last several years. Lower screening rates among women living in high poverty and social vulnerability areas, Black women, and women with chronic co-morbidities (e.g., type 2 diabetes (T2D)) are associated with their higher cervical cancer mortality rates...
March 2024: Journal of Clinical & Translational Endocrinology