Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)
Adolescent women have cervical cancer risk due to transmission of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). Three out of four cases of new HPV infections occur in women aged 15 to 25 years.
Number of patients who died of cervical cancer in the world as many as 600 people per day. In Indonesia, 20 women die each day due to this cancer. While the world is estimated 630 million women suffering from cervical cancer.
In their 20s, women's bodies are very susceptible to HPV and the body can not clean the virus. "So that is likely to develop cancer later in life," said Dr. Melissa Luwia from Indonesia Cancer Foundation in the campaign discussion and the handling of cervical cancer in Hotel Lumire Jakarta, Monday, April 12, 2010. Read More
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