The New York Observer

Nine years ago, I nearly became a statistic—one of nearly 300,000 women who die every year from the virus that causes cervical cancer.

As a full-fledged cancerphobe whose mother contracted lung cancer at a young age, I’d never missed a pap smear or a mammogram. Yet, ironically, my disease eluded my annual checkup. Instead, Read More

Nine years ago, I nearly became a statistic—one of nearly 300,000 women who die every year from the virus that causes cervical cancer.

As a full-fledged cancerphobe whose mother contracted lung cancer at a young age, I’d never missed a pap smear or a mammogram. Yet, ironically, my disease eluded my annual checkup. Instead, I Read More