Cervical cancer has zero specific symptoms in its early stages, which in turn makes women more susceptible to the disease. The tumour is most likely quite advanced when the first symptoms appear.
This year, 70,000 women are invited to participate in cervical cancer screening procedures. Estonia has one of the highest cervical cancer morbidity and mortality rates in Europe. Approximately 150 women in Estonia receive a cervical cancer primary diagnosis and around 60 women die due to the disease, but only about half of the women invited attend the cervical cancer screening procedure.
The trainees include nurses, physiotherapists, massage therapists, bio-analysts, radiology technicians, a pharmacist and a speech therapist. The students come from the Tallinn and Tartu Health Care College, the University of Tartu and the Estonian Massage and Therapy School.
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