About Cervical Cancer
Myths and Facts
Myth
I’ve left school so I’ve missed out on vaccination

Fact
Vaccination is offered through the NHS under the national immunisation programme for girls from 12 up to the age of 18, even if you’ve left school i.e. all girls born on or after 1st September 1990.14 If you are over 18 years old, you can speak to your GP, nurse or high street pharmacist about local availability of vaccination.

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So what is cervical cancer?

Cervical cancer is cancer of the cervix (the ‘neck’ of the womb). Cervical cancer happens when some of the normal cells in the cervix become abnormal and start to grow in an uncontrolled way.

cervix diagram

Cancer in the cervix usually takes many years to develop. Before it does, the cells in the cervix often show changes – early warning signs that can be picked up by cervical screening smear tests. If cell changes are left undetected and untreated they could go on to develop into cervical cancer.
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