Cg news : Cervical Cancer awareness programme organized at SRU

In India more than 3.4 lakhs women get diagnosed with Cervical Cancer annually… Dr. Rajesh

On 20 March, the cervical cancer awareness program was organized at Shri Rawatpura Sarkar University and the topic of the programme was “Cervical Cancer Early Detection Best Protection”. The main objective of organising the awareness programme about the cancer was providing the basic reasons, symptoms, precautions and treatment of the cancer to the female staff members and students for deep understanding the knowledge of the cervical cancer.

Today the main speakers of the particular topic Dr. Rajesh Kumar Agrawal (M.D Pathology) and Dr. Shalini Jain Agrawal (MD- OBGY, FICOG, FMAS, ACLS) share the important aspects of the cervical cancer including vaccination, screening, and causes of the cervical cancer.

In the programme, by describing about the cervical cancer Dr. Rajesh Agrawal asserted that in India more than 3.4 lakhs women get diagnosed with Cervical Cancer and it is the fourth most common cancer in women globally as per the report and the main reason of the increasing the cases was lack of basic awareness and he shared the about the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) which is necessary cause of cervical cancer and the virus mainly transmit tobacco smoking, radiation and sexual contacts.

Dr. Rajesh also shared the strategies towards the elimination of cervical cancer as a global public health problem by increasing coverage of HPV Vaccination, coverage of diagnosis, screening and treatment of pre-cancer lesions and palliative care.

Dr. Shalini Jain Agrawal said the cervical cancer that begins on the cervix, which is the mouth of the uterus and most of the time, HPV infection disappears without treatment; sometimes, however, HPV stays in the cells for years and, in some women, eventually causes cervical cancer. The maximum effected the age group female between 20-24 years during first sexual intercourse.

She share the symptoms of the cancer as, vaginal spotting and bleeding after sexual intercourse, foul-smelling discharge and for its treatment surgery, radiation and chemotherapy are the best solution to decrease and eliminate the disease from the human body.

The Vice- Chancellor of the university, Professor. S.K Sing, Chief PRO Rajesh Tiwari and Deputy Registrar M.K Singh were present during the awareness programme and the Chief PRO also proposed that the University will provide platform for our students and female staff to get free screening of the cancer and inject particular vaccine for the prevention from cancer in future.