CERVICAL CANCER ON RISE IN SENIORS!

AN ALARMING number of seniors are dying from cervical cancer — even though current recommendations suggest most women stop screening for the killer disease at age 65!

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Experts now say existing guidelines must be revised to catch the cancer earlier, when it’s more treatable, to improve survival rates!

A study by UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center shows nearly one in five new cervical malignancies diagnosed between 2009 and 2018 were gals over 65. A whopping 71 percent of  those patients were diagnosed with latestage disease, compared to 48 percent of younger women with the condition. And disturbingly, late-stage five-year survival rates for older patients were nearly 20 percent lower than more youthful gals.