INDIA, Jan. 16 -- We as women love to take care of everyone - of course, that's our motherly instinct and selfless nature. But what about self-care, which we generally forgo and due to which we at times invite a lot of deadly diseases unknowingly. Cervical cancer is also one of them. Yes, you must be hearing a whole lot about it nowadays and one of the reasons could be that it has become the fourth most frequently occurring cancer in women.
In fact, research published in the Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology said that in India cervical cancer contributes to approximately 29% of all cancers in women.
The number one reason that you might be hit by this disease is the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus (HPV). And unusu...