A recent study led by researchers at the University of Arizona Cancer Center and Northern Arizona University found that Native American women were disproportionately affected by vaginal dysbiosis, a disruption in the balance of bacterial that increases the risk of human papillomavirus infection, which can cause cervical cancer.
Cervical cancer diagnoses among rural U.S. women have been increasing since 2012, after years of decreases, according to research from MUSC Hollings Cancer Center and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
