In September last year, Sky Sports presenter Jo Wilson, 37, told OK! magazine she had stage 3b cervical cancer. She said, “I said to the doctor, ‘Am I going to die?’ ‘You’re not going to die,’ he reassured me. ‘It’s very treatable and it’s very curable.’”
Jo is not alone. Every year, 3,200 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer. Around six in 10 survive for five years or more, and chances of survival are higher the earlier you’re diagnosed.
Recently, the screening process has changed.