• The best way to find cervical cancer early is to have regular screening with a Pap test (which may be combined with a test for human papilloma virus or HPV).
• Early detection greatly improves the chances of successful treatment and prevents any early cervical cell changes from becoming cancerous.

• Cervical pre-cancers are diagnosed far more often than invasive cervical cancer
• Pap tests can find changes in the cervix before cancer develops. It can also find cervical cancer early – in its most curable stage
• Most cervical cancer cases are found in women younger than 50

• 14,100 new cases of invasive cervical cancer (cancer that has spread beyond the cervix) to be diagnosed in the United States⁴
• 4,280 deaths due to cervical cancer to occur in the United States⁴