Children's Health Defense Some researchers and media outlets suggest vaccination is the best way to prevent cervical cancer. But Dr. Sin Hang Lee, a pathologist and expert in molecular diagnostics, told The Defender, “the most important risk factor for developing cervical cancer … is the failure to receive regular screening with a Pap smear.”
But experts like Dr. Sin Hang Lee, a pathologist and expert in molecular diagnostics, told The Defender that while infection with certain strains of HPV is one of the strongest known risk factors for cervical cancer, “the most important risk factor for developing cervical cancer, at least from the point of view of what we can do about it now, is the failure to receive regular screening with a Pap smear.”
“Cervical cancer is nearly 100% preventable,” Lee said.
The percentage of women screened for cervical cancer fell from 47% in 2019 to 41% in 2023, according to a research letter published last month in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
The study, by Jessica Star and a team of researchers from the American Cancer Society, also reported that early-stage diagnoses for cervical cancer — typically identified by screening — have continued to decline.
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