JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. –
This January is Cervical Cancer awareness month and Health Net Federal Services wants every woman in the TRICARE North Region to be cervical cancer-free.
Here's are some important facts about cervical cancer:
- Cervical cancer is preventable.
- Regular Pap tests can catch abnormal cells before they turn into cervical cancer.
- Cervical cancer is slow growing. On average, it takes 10 years todevelop.
- Women in their 40s and 50s are at the greatest risk.
- If you have never had a Pap test or not had one in a long time, it'snot too late.
- Early stage cervical cancer can be treated.
- Cervical cancer is caused by HPV, a virus.
- There's a vaccine to protect you from the most dangerous HPVs.
- A Pap test is quick, easy and painless.
- There's no cost to you, as a TRICARE beneficiary, when you seea network provider. TRICARE covers Pap tests for women over 18 yearsof age from a network provider.
For more information, visit the Cervical Cancer Awareness Campaign running throughout the month of January 2013 at
www.hnfs.com.
Make a commitment today. If you need your screening, call your provider as soon as possible. If you're current on your screening, encourage someone in your life to get theirs. You can help save a life.