In The Bahamas where the rate of new cases of cancer of the cervix is the highest in the Caribbean and nearly twice as high as the global average, experts say a one-two punch is proving most effective in treating the disease.

At almost one new case per week being diagnosed, doctors at Cleveland Clinic Florida work closely with the Bahamian medical community to find the best route to alleviate what they call “the immeasurable physical and mental suffering and the socio-economic impacts” that accompany the disease, especially for women with children or hoping to have children.

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