All the women aged between 25 and 61 are urged to take the free cervical cancer screening so as to prevent the disease or detect it early. Between May 10 and August 25, the primary medical institutions of the country will run prophylactic gynecological testing by a new method –liquid-based cytology. The Ministry of Health made an order to this effect, IPN reports.

According to the Ministry’s press service, each woman from the target group must go to the prophylactic gynecological testing office to have the test. If a disease is detected, the patient will be examined additionally by colposcopy. The medical personnel responsible for the examination of women will be trained to recruit patients and to take liquid-based cytology samples.

The cervical cancer screening is provided free once in three years and is fully covered by the mandatory health insurance funds. Nearly 80% of cervical cancer cases can be prevented by it. Up to 350 new cases of cervical cancer are annually recorded in Moldova, with about 180 women dying annually from this disease. Cervical cancer is the seventh most spread oncological disease in Moldova.

Cervical cancer is the third most common cancer in women worldwide. Globally, this casues the death of 275,000 women, with over 530,000 womne developing it yearly. There are about 60,000 newly detected cases and 30,000 deaths annually in Europe, with the highest incidence reported in Eastern Europe countries.