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Cervical cancer is the fourth common female cancers in Hong Kong. Every year, over 400 women are being diagnosed of cervical cancers. Patients are of age from 20 to 70 or above, though majority of them are aged over 50, data show that more and more younger females are affected by this disease and early intervention is thus the best way to treat it.

The development of cervical cancer is a series of events starting from abnormal cell changes. The majority of these changes will regress to normal while some may progress to cancer over years. Pap Smear is at present the most effective test for detecting early abnormal cervical cell changes. The test only lasts for a few minutes and does not cause pain. Women should have regular cervical smears after they start to have sexual behaviors. If one has checked normally for three consecutive years, then she can choose to reduce the checking frequency to once per two or three years. Research shows that Pap Smear can help reduce development of cervical cancer by 90%.