Would a full blood count show cervical cancer signs?
What’s the significance of the cervical cancer vaccine? The original cervical cancer vaccine (Gardasil) was the first vaccine approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to prevent a cancer. Today, a second cervical cancer vaccine (Cervarix) also is available. In the United States — where cervical cancer strikes about 10,000 women a year and causes nearly 4,000 deaths — the impact of the cervical cancer vaccine may be tremendous. Worldwide, the impact may be even greater. According to the World Health Organization, about 510,000 new cases of cervical cancer are reported each year. The tragedy of cervical cancer is that it often strikes when a woman is still young. She may be trying to raise her family or maybe she hasn’t had children yet. Cervical cancer treatment may make future fertility impossible.
