#cervical-cancer

#cervical-cancer

"It came back stage 1 cervical cancer called adenocarcinoma," she said. "Obviously not the news I've been hoping for, but also not the worst news just because they caught it so early. Thank freaking God!"

Jessica Mason went back and forth to her GP and hospital with swelling, bleeding and pain in her vagina but says she was "fobbed off" before "begging" for a scan which revealed cancer requiring urgent treatment. The 44-year-old believes she was only referred for an MRI because she "broke down in tears" to a doctor, adding: "I knew there was something wrong."

The family of a woman who died from cervical cancer has settled a High Court action over her death after a hospital acknowledged that there was a missed opportunity to diagnose her illness earlier, which ultimately led to her death.

"If I had known about freezing eggs and doing IVF in my 20s, I would have done it," she says. "But it wasn't talked about as much as it is now, and I think that's why I'm so open and honest about it."

The annual Grounds for Health green coffee and equipment auction returns Thursday, Sept. 18, giving roasters an opportunity to buy special, traceable coffees while supporting the noble cause of women's health. With 100% of proceeds going to United States-based nonprofit Grounds for Health's programs - which includes cervical cancer screening and prevention in coffee-growing communities - the auction program has raised more than $1 million since 2009.

You really want to get people to care as quickly as possible, but some people could be very anxious about those results as well, Cherabie said.

"There is still a large proportion of women who could be screened for cervical cancer but are not getting screened because of various reasons," said Ko.

"It's just a new way of collecting the sample, it's not a new test," Teal Health CEO Kara Egan told Business Insider. "You can actually eliminate cervical cancer in the US, if we actually screen."