Earlier Diagnosis of Cervical Cancer

• Treating early-stage cervical cancer costs, on average, $20,255. The costs of treating cervical cancer that has progressed to a late stage averages $36,912.¹

• This does not factor-in the value of work-loss and premature death. Women who die from cervical cancer lose, on average, 25.9 years of life. Death often occurs during a person's prime years of family responsibility and earned income, thus translating into significant losses of quality of life — for patients and family members — significant lost earnings, worker replacement costs, and broader societal costs.²

¹ Chesson, HW, et.al., "The Estimated Direct Medical Cost of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Among American Youth, 2000," Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Jan-Feb, 2000. Also see, See Brown, ML, et.al., "The Burden of Illness of Cancer: Economic Cost and Quality of Life," Annual Report of Public Health, Volume 22, 91-113, 2001; Campbell KP, et.al., editors, "A Purchaser's Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: Moving Science into Coverage," National Business Group on Health, Washington, D.C. 2006; and Mandelblatt, JS, et.al., "Benefits and Costs of Using HPV to Screen for Cervical Cancer," Journal of the American Medical Association, Volume 287, Number 18, 2372-2381, May 8, 2002.

² Ibid., Campbell, KP.