The War on HPV

摘要

Amelia togba-addy, a nurse at Emory Crawford Long Hospital in Atlanta, had always been in good health. But last October her gynecologist called with disturbing news: Tbgba-Addy's latest Pap smear showed abnormal cells on her cervix. First, doctors removed the suspicious tissue and examined it under a microscope—then they diagnosed Tbgba-Addy with cervical cancer. In January, she had a hysterectomy. "Even though the doctor says she believes I'm cured and my faith tells me I'm cured, there's still a little part of me that worries," says Togba-Addy, 39. "Before all of this, I didn't even think about cervical cancer."