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Blackwood died of complications from cervical cancer on Valentine’s Day, 1996.
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Negar Azimi, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2024
The task force has introduced a recommendation that women over the age of 30 test for high-risk human papilloma viruses (HPV) every five years rather than relying on pap smears to detect cervical cancer.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
Around 11,500 cases of cervical cancer are diagnosed each year in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
What’s more, HPV, which is the leading cause of cervical cancer, can lie dormant in the body for decades before causing abnormalities.
—Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 9 Dec. 2024
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Negar Azimi, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2024
The task force has introduced a recommendation that women over the age of 30 test for high-risk human papilloma viruses (HPV) every five years rather than relying on pap smears to detect cervical cancer.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
Around 11,500 cases of cervical cancer are diagnosed each year in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
What’s more, HPV, which is the leading cause of cervical cancer, can lie dormant in the body for decades before causing abnormalities.
—Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Cervical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cervical. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
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cervical
adjective
cer·vi·cal
ˈsər-vi-kəl 
: of or relating to a neck or cervix
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