Study risk of fatal cervical cancer much higher than previously thought

Study examines the risk of dying from cervical cancer
Cervical cancer is the third most common malignant tumor in women. This type of cancer causes a variety of deaths worldwide. Researchers now found that the risk of dying from cervical cancer seems to be much higher than previously thought by doctors and medical professionals.

Baltimore-based scientists at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that there was a much greater risk of dying from cervical cancer than previously thought by experts. According to the latest data, the death rate of cervical cancer in black women is 77 percent higher than previously thought. For white women, the rate is 47 percent higher. The results of the physicians were published by the "American Cancer Society".

Cervical cancer is a terrible disease for every woman. Physicians now found that previously assumed cervical cancer death rates were too low. In fact, many more women die of the disease. (Image: fotoliaxrender / fotolia.com)

Cervical cancer mortality is higher than expected
Cervical cancer deaths in the United States have more than halved over the last four years. This trend actually seems to be very pleasing. However, current research suggests that earlier estimates may have underestimated this cause of death for women. The mortality rate seems to be much higher than previously thought by physicians and physicians.

This year, about 4,210 women in the US will die from cervical cancer
This year, it is estimated that approximately 12,820 new cases of invasive cervical cancer will be diagnosed in the US, say the experts. In addition, around 4,210 women in the United States will die as a result of the disease, explains Drs. Anne Rositch of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Cervical cancer deaths have actually declined over the last 40 years
According to the American Cancer Society, cervical cancer deaths have dropped by more than 50 percent over the past 40 years. This effect is mainly due to an increase in so-called cervical screening, the researchers explain. The risk of dying from cervical cancer, however, seems to be significantly higher than previously assumed by the medical profession.

Study analyzed several large data sets
The researchers used data from the National Center for Health Statistics from the years 2002 to 2012 and the NCI Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results Mortality Database for their study. For the new analysis, the researchers used the so-called Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. So they could determine the number of women who had undergone a hysterectomy between 2002 and 2012.

Mortality rate is much higher than previously expected
The new results show that cervical cancer mortality in the United States in 2000-2012 was 4.7 per 100,000 white women. So far, the value was estimated at 3.2 out of 100,000 women. In other words, the cervical cancer mortality rate is 47 percent higher than previously thought by the American experts. In black women, the value was even 77 percent higher. The previous estimate was 5.7 out of 100,000 women. However, the current research estimates the value even at 10.1 out of 100,000 women, explain the scientists.

Decreasing differences in mortality noted
It was also striking that the gap in mortality between black and white women seems to be narrowing, especially in women between the ages of 20 and 40 years. This could be an early indication of the effects of the so-called HPV vaccine, the experts add. (As)