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Chapter 6 **Locally Advanced Cervical Carcinoma Management 77** Achille Manirakiza, Sumi Sinha and Fidel Rubagumya

Chapter 7 **Immune Regulatory Network in Cervical Cancer Development: The Expanding Role of Innate Immunity Mechanisms 89** Olga Kurmyshkina, Pavel Kovchur, Ludmila Schegoleva and Tatyana

**Section 5 Cervical Cancer Prevention 87**

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**VI** Contents

Cervical cancer is widely known, highly prevalent, largely targeted, successfully prevented, effectively screened, efficiently treated, and eligible for control.

The sheet anchor for the success of cervical cancer prevention and control programs is "screening." However, in most of the programs the participation rate of women for screen‐ ing is low because of the following reasons. Lack of awareness in the community should be overcome by well-planned, structured, organized, and focused health education programs. "Availability" is ensured by organizing community-based screening camps. "Affordability" should be taken care of by government and non-government sources. "Accessibility" is en‐ sured by arranging camps in local health posts. "Acceptability" is made possible by health care providers who are local, well-trained women.

Other issues, such as precancer treatment with doubtful efficiency, should be subjected to intensive research. Prevention becomes costly with the inclusion of *human papillomavirus* vaccine and this should be addressed by health care planners.

Hence, this book: *Cervical Cancer—Screening, Treatment and Prevention—Universal Protocols for Ultimate Control*.

Authors from different countries have given their valuable contributions, explaining the sta‐ tus of cervical cancer screening in limited resource settings.

The InTech publisher has completed yet another mission along with the authors and Editor in striving towards their universal vision of cervical cancer control.

We sincerely hope that our mission and vision are achieved and women worldwide will have a better quality of life.

> **Dr. Rajamanickam Rajkumar** Professor, Community Medicine Meenakshi Medical College Hospital and Research Institute Meenakshi Academy of Higher Education and Research-MAHER Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu, India

**Section 1**

**Introductory Chapter**

**Section 1**

**Introductory Chapter**

**Chapter 1**

**Provisional chapter**

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The uterus, anatomically, is a pear-shaped organ, placed between urinary bladder and rectum. The etymology of 'cervix' is that it is from Latin, meaning 'neck' and it opens into the vagina. The invasive cancer occurs in the cervix and is called cervical cancer (**Figure 1**).

chapter gives the important and updated details of the topics covered in the book.

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**Treatment and Prevention**

**Treatment and Prevention**

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**2. The uterus**

**Figure 1.** The anatomy of uterus.

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