Cervical Cancer Vaccines- What you should know!
Cancer is a much- dreaded disease, since very few afflicted by it can escape its claws. Just like the deadly crab that the name literally stands for, it has the capacity to sting each and every organ and lead to a life that is brief but filled with misery and pain. Unfortunately, the knowledge of most people about the disease is limited to ghastly images of patients with oral cancer, and the fact that chewing tobacco or smoking can lead to cancer, thanks to what has been portrayed to us over the years. There are many types of cancers much beyond the realm of those shown in the educational advertisements in the movie theatres, or the images one sees on the cigarette packs. Every woman, and for that matter every man too should be aware of a very common but preventable type of cancer, viz. cervical cancer. The same agent responsible for this cancer can also cause other cancers such as cancers of the penis in men, or a few types of cancers of the throat or anus in both men and wo...