[English] MAKNA Getting to know Cervical Cancer

Cervical Cancer was the second most common cancer among women in Peninsular Malaysia between 2003 to 2005. It constituted 10.6% of all female cancers. The cervix is a very strong muscle that connects a woman’s womb and her vagina. It forms a small opening which lets through menstrual blood and sperm. Cervical cancer usually starts in cells on the surface of the cervix. It happens when cells begin to grow and divide uncontrollably. These cells gradually spread into the tissue of the cervix. From there theybecausethetbitch