THIS IS CERVICAL CANCER AWARENESS MONTH AND A GROUP OF ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS IS URGING WOMEN TO GET SCREENED. 

ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE, THE SURVIVAL RATE FOR CERVICAL CANCER IS 92 PERCENT IF CAUGHT EARLY. REPRESENTATIVE ANNA MOELLER (mole-ler) OF ELGIN SAYS CASES HAVE DECLINED OVER THE YEARS, BUT THAT WOMEN NEED TO BE VIGILANT.

REPRESENTATIVE DAGMARA (dag-mara) AVELAR (av-eh-lar) EXPLAINS, THE TEST IS EASY.

MOELLER URGES WOMEN TO SPEAK TO THEIR DOCTOR ABOUT THE SCREENING, WHICH INCLUDES A PAP TEST AND POTENTIALLY AN H-P-V TEST. THAT’S THE VIRUS THAT MOST OFTEN CAUSES CERVICAL CANCER. IT’S RECOMMENDED THAT PAP TESTS BEGIN AT AGE 21.