How tragic that such a young girl died from cervical cancer at the age of only 19. Thank you for taking the time to provide a wealth of information on this subject, Doc Alan.

We are very lucky to have the availability of a vaccination and also screening here in the UK to prevent this terrible disease and I can't for the life of me understand why so many women don't take advantage of this ...........

Indeed, following the televised illness of Jade Goody (the English reality TV personality and mother of 2 young sons) who contracted cervical cancer and subsequently died in 2009 at only 28 years old, there was a lot of publicity. This has undoubtedly helped to raise awareness but it would appear that more education is needed.