As per the national estimates, about 220,000 women will be diagnosed with one of the three common gynecologic cancers this year. That's one case about every two and a half minutes. These types of malignancies originate in the female reproductive organs, most commonly the cervix, endometrium, or ovaries.

Cervical cancer is the most common gynecological cancer in India. It is most frequently diagnosed between the ages of 35 and 50, but younger and older women are at risk too. It is the only gynecologic cancer for which there is a preventative anti-cancer vaccine and effective screening tests that identify precancer or cancer early, when treatment is likely to work best. We can eradicate cervical cancer with routine use of the HPV vaccine and Pap or HPV cervical cancer screenings.