Raising Cancer Awareness in an Area Ravaged by Disease ; the Demands of Infectious Diseases Like Hiv and Malaria Mean That Little Priority Is Given to Cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa. Health Editor Madeleine Brindley Spoke to One Welsh Expert Hoping to Improve Cancer Services in Sierra Leone

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FOR women in Wales cervical cancer is a disease that can be successfully treated if caught early enough.

A small number of women sadly continue to die every year after being diagnosed with cervical cancer - the death of Jade Goody last year is a case in point.

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Raising Cancer Awareness in an Area Ravaged by Disease ; the Demands of Infectious Diseases Like Hiv and Malaria Mean That Little Priority Is Given to Cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa. Health Editor Madeleine Brindley Spoke to One Welsh Expert Hoping to Improve Cancer Services in Sierra Leone

But overall in Wales and the UK the public perception of the disease is changing, thanks in part to the advent of regular screening and the introduction of the HPV vaccine last year.

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