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Cervical cancer kills thousands of women each year. Stigma and silence are impeding efforts to prevent it.
Cervical cancer is one of the most common cancers among women worldwide, killing hundreds of thousands of people every year. But the disease is shrouded in stigma and silence that could be impacting the search for a cure — and endangering patients' lives.   In the U.S. alone, about 11,500 people are diagnosed with cervical cancer and 4,000 people die from the disease each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).    And Jennifer Young Pierce, a gynecologic oncologist at the University of South Alabama, told The Hill that more women run the risk of developing cervical cancer than those numbers let on.     Most cases of cervical cancer are caused by the

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