Test Your Knowledge About
Cervical Cancer

Which of the following could increase your risk for cervical cancer?

• Human papillomavirus (HPV)
• Smoking
• Lowered immune system
• All of the above

What percentage of pap test results come back as "normal"?

• 10%
• 50%
• 90%

What can a pap test detect?

• Abnormal cervical cells
• Precancerous cervical cells
• Cancerous cervical cells
• All of the above

Which type of cervical cancer is on the rise?

• Squamous cell carcinoma
• Precancerous cervical cells
• Adenocarcinoma
• All of the above

What can the HPV vaccine do?

• Detect cancerous cells
• Protect against all "high-risk" strains of HPV
• Be used instead of pap tests
• None of the above

What does an HPV test detect?

• Precancerous cervical cells
• Cancerous cervical cells
• "High-risk" HPV strains
• All of the above

Cervical cancer is highly treatable when found early.

• True
• False
• Don't know

The cervix is part of the uterus.

• True
• False
• Don't know

You can tell if you have precancerous cervical cells by the symptoms.

• True
• False
• Don't know

What is the best way to detect abnormal or cancerous cervical cells before they spread?

• HPV vaccine
• Radiation therapy
• Pap test
• HPV test