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Cervical cancer vaccine unavailable in SZ
     2014-October-30  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

    Anne Zhang

    zhangy49@gmail.com

    CERVICAL cancer has been the second most common form of cancer among Shenzhen women over the past six years, following breast cancer, according to the city’s center for chronic disease control and prevention.

    Health experts with the University of Hong Kong (HKU) Shenzhen Hospital said cervical cancer can be easily detected and prevented in its early phases, but a majority of women on the Chinese mainland are unaware that receiving regular screenings is an extremely effective method for combating the disease.

    A study by HKU showed that 84 percent of women in Hong Kong underwent cervical cancer screenings in 2011, but only 31 percent of women in Guangzhou did the same that year.

    After having sexual intercourse for the first time, women should receive cervical checks every year until they are 60 years old, said Barre Sy, a health consultant at the hospital’s family medicine general practice clinic.

    HKU Shenzhen Hospital offers one-stop cervical checks that include cervical cancer screenings and HPV tests, said Annie N.Y. Cheung with the hospital’s department of pathology.

    The screening costs 370 yuan (US$60) and an HPV test plus a screening costs 700 yuan, she said, adding that her hospital has been using an automated cervical cancer screening machine since last March, which reduces human errors and makes test results more accurate.

    More than 20,000 women have had their cervixes checked at the hospital since March last year and 81 were found to have the disease.

    Hextan Ngan with the hospital’s obstetrics and gynaecology department said more than 95 percent of precancerous lesions can be treated.

    To prevent the disease, females should avoid smoking, eat plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables and use condoms during sex, Ngan said.

    Getting an HPV vaccination is also an effective way to reduce the chances of being infected with cervical cancer, she said, but the vaccine isn’t available yet on the Chinese mainland, resulting in many Shenzhen women crossing the border to get the vaccination in Hong Kong.

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