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Worldwide, cervical cancer is the fourth most common cause of cancer death in women. Approximately 85% of all new cervical cancers and 87%ofall cervical cancerdeathsoccur in lowand middle-income countries. Although cervical cancer is decreasing in the United States and other industrialized countries, the incidence and mortality remain high in many developing countries, as a result of a lack of screening and inadequate treatment services. Global cancer statistics report that the cervical cancer age-standardized mortality rate per 100,000 is 2.5 times higher in less developed areas compared with more developed areas (8.3 v 3.3, respectively). Cervical cancer is thesecondmostcommonlydiagnosedcancerand the third leading cause of cancer death among women in less developed countries.