Cervical cancer

In females in the UK, cervical cancer is the 14th most common cancer.

 

Premalignancies

• Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN)

 

Types

• Cervical squamous cell carcinoma (about 80–85%)
• Cervical adenocarcinoma (about 15% of cervical cancers in the UK)

 

Risk factors

• Human papillomavirus
• Epstein-Barr virus