Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women worldwide. The American Cancer Society estimated that in the United States in 2024:
- About 13,820 new cases of invasive cervical cancer were diagnosed
- About 4,360 women died from cervical cancer
Fortunately, cervical cancer is highly curable and treatable – if it’s caught in the early stages.
Having regular screenings can help find cervical cancer early when it’s small and has not spread, making it easier to treat. At the LifeCare Alliance Cancer Screening and Support Center, we offer the HPV test and the Pap test for cervical cancer screening.
Women can schedule a cervical cancer screening at the Cancer Screening and Support Center. Most major insurances are accepted but if you don’t have health insurance, or cannot afford your co-pays, don’t let that stop you from getting this life-saving screening.
You might be eligible for coverage through the Ohio Department of Health’s Breast and Cervical Cancer Project (BCCP). This program provides free and low-cost cervical cancer screenings for women ages 21 to 64, and may, should your test come back positive for cancer, help you get medical insurance coverage for further diagnostics and treatment.
The LifeCare Alliance Cancer Screening and Support Center is a BCCP enrollment site where you can be screened for cervical cancer as well as breast cancer. The center has become one of the largest enrollment sites in the state. Due to the success of our program, the Ohio Department of Health recently featured us in a video of best practices for enrolling women in this program. This video has been pushed out across the state as a teaching tool, showing other medical clinics how easy it is to enroll patients in the program.
To schedule an appointment with our certified nurse practitioner, call LifeCare Alliance Cancer Services at 614-263-5006.
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