In England, cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women aged under 35 years. Overall incidence of cervical cancer has decreased since the introduction of the national screening programme in 1988 but recent trends of incidence in young women have not been studied in detail.
Cancer Research UK Paediatric and Familial Cancer Research Group, School of Cancer and Enabling Sciences, Stopford Building, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, Manchester M13 9PT, UK.