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7.6 %At baseline, 46 (7.6%) of adult women in Cross River State, Nigeria had been screened for cervical cancer.

Nigeriacancer du col de l'utéruspublished 2023African journal of reproductive healthPubMeddocument of 4 observations

48.5 %Less than half of the respondents had favorable attitudes towards cervical cancer (48.5%).

Nigeriacancer du col de l'utérusobserved April 2021published 2024The Pan African medical journalPubMeddocument of 8 observations

19 %19.0% of the respondents had good knowledge of cervical cancer prevention.

Nigeriacancer du col de l'utéruspublished 2020The Pan African medical journalPubMeddocument of 5 observations

12 per_10The average annual age-standardized incidence rate (ASR) of cervical cancer in women in Egor, Oredo, and Uhunmwonde LGAs of Edo state, Nigeria, was 12.0 per 10.

Nigeriacancer du col de l'utéruspublished 2024BMC public healthPubMeddocument of 8 observations

11.2 %Before the intervention, cervical cancer screening participation was 11.2%.

Nigeriacancer du col de l'utéruspublished 2023BMC women's healthPubMeddocument of 7 observations

31.2 %Among female undergraduates in a tertiary institution in south eastern Nigeria, 31.2% reported high cost of screening as the major reason for not undergoing screening.

Nigeriacancer du col de l'utéruspublished 2021Journal of preventive medicine and hygienePubMeddocument of 11 observations

27.8 %Awareness of cervical cancer was reported by 27.8% of respondents in a community health outreach program in Ituku, Enugu State, Nigeria.

Nigeriacancer du col de l'utérusobserved 2024published 2026Rural and remote healthPubMeddocument of 8 observations

3.1 %Cervical cancer screening rates were minimal at 3.1% among women aged 25 to 65 years in Makurdi, North-Central Nigeria.

Nigeriacancer du col de l'utéruspublished 2025Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCPPubMeddocument of 6 observations

4.3 %Among 400 female students in tertiary institutions in Imo State, 17 (4.3%) had undergone cervical screening.

Nigeriacancer du col de l'utéruspublished 2021Journal of community healthPubMeddocument of 9 observations

73.2 %Of the 112 women living with HIV who screened positive for cervical cancer using visual inspection with acetic acid, 73.2% were treated on-site.

Nigeriacancer du col de l'utérusobserved March to August 2023published 2026BMC health services researchPubMeddocument of 5 observations

12,075 casesNigeria reports 12,075 new cervical cancer cases annually.

Nigeriacancer du col de l'utérusAfrica CDCdocument of 52 observations

13.4 %The high-risk human papillomavirus (hr-HPV) positive rate was 13.4% among 790 women who underwent HPV testing at the gynae-oncology unit of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital.

Nigeriacancer du col de l'utérus · high-risk human papillomavirus (hr-HPV)published 2024African health sciencesPubMeddocument of 5 observations

55 %Cervical cancer accounted for 55% of 2,420 cancers screened in Lagos State, Nigeria from 2011 to 2020.

Nigeriacancer du col de l'utérusobserved 2011 to 2020published 2022JCO global oncologyPubMeddocument of 12 observations

7 adverse_eventsFollowing treatment with thermal ablation, seven adverse events were reported.

Nigeriacancer du col de l'utérusobserved 2021published 2023BMC public healthPubMeddocument of 12 observations

In Nigeria, cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women.

Nigeriacancer du col de l'utéruspublished 2024Reproductive healthPubMeddocument of 16 observations

80.4 %Among 400 female students in tertiary institutions in Imo State, 320 (80.4%) cited stigmatization as a reason for not undertaking cervical screening.

Nigeriacancer du col de l'utéruspublished 2021Journal of community healthPubMeddocument of 9 observations

68.8 %Awareness of cervical cancer screening was 68.8% among women attending antenatal clinic in Owerri West, south eastern Nigeria.

Nigeriacancer du col de l'utéruspublished 2021Cancer treatment and research communicationsPubMeddocument of 11 observations

0.39 ORRelative to Phase-2, knowledge changes at Phase-4 for questions associated with the myth 'spiritual attacks' were reversed, with an odds ratio of 0.39 (95% CI: 0.29–0.52).

Nigeriacancer du col de l'utéruspublished 2022BMC public healthPubMeddocument of 13 observations

7,093 deathsCervical cancer caused 7,093 deaths in Nigeria in 2022.

Nigeriacancer du col de l'utérusobserved 2022published 2026Rural and remote healthPubMeddocument of 21 observations

12.8 %Only 12.8% of the respondents had heard of cervical cancer.

Nigeriacancer du col de l'utéruspublished 2023African health sciencesPubMeddocument of 7 observations

35.6 %154 (35.6%) of the respondents said women between the ages of 15 and 40 should be screened for cervical cancer.

Nigeriacancer du col de l'utéruspublished 2023Cancer treatment and research communicationsPubMeddocument of 5 observations

Cervical cancer is a leading cause of death among Nigerian women.

Nigeriacancer du col de l'utéruspublished 2020The Pan African medical journalPubMeddocument of 7 observations

99.7 %99.7% of women in urban slums of Lagos, Nigeria did not know the risk factors of cervical cancer.

Nigeriacancer du col de l'utéruspublished 2022West African journal of medicinePubMeddocument of 13 observations