The article discusses the prevention, diagnosis, nursing care, and treatment of cervical cancer. The anatomy of the cervix is explained. Risk factors for cervical cancer including human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, immunosuppression, and socioeconomic status are discussed. Prevention of cervical ...
Treatment Prognosis Prevention Research Support What is cervical cancer? Cervical cancer is caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV). Cervical cancer is cancer that begins in the uterine cervix, the lower end of the uterus that contacts the upper vagina. Cervical cancer occurs in almost ...
Treatment of Cancer of the Cervix Uteri**Presented at a meeting: of the Chicago Gynecological Society, Dec. 17, 1954 A method of correlating the direct effects of irradiation at a cytomorphologic level on a human epithelial cancer, heterologously grown, with the survival of the tumor has been...
Cervical cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in tissues of the cervix (the organ connecting the uterus and vagina). There are many types of cervical cancer. The most common type, squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), constitutes about 80 to 85 per cent of all cervical can...
Treatments that have less impact on a patient's sexual function and fertility are a major goal for cervical cancer, as are improved therapies for cancer that has spread beyond the immediate area of the cervix. Radiation and chemotherapy are effective, but can have major side effects; researchers...
The USPSTF found adequate evidence that screening for cervical cancer in women who have had a hysterectomy with removal of the cervix and do not have a history of a high-grade precancerous lesion or cervical cancer is associated with harms. Harms of Treatment The harms of treatment include ris...
Choice of treatment for a precancerous lesion of the cervix depends on a number of factors. These factors include whether the lesion is low- or high-grade, whether a woman wants to have children in the future, her age and general health, and her preference and that of her health-care ...
(polyps) in the colon, has contributed to declines in death rates from colon cancer. RoutinePap smear, an examination used to screen forcarcinomaof the uterinecervix, has resulted in a downwardtrendin mortality observed for that disease. The identification of certain types ofHPVas the causal ...
Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in young women, being responsible for more than two hundred thousand deaths worldwide [1]. It starts as premalignant lesions confined to the cervix uteri that further develop to the parametrium, uterus, and vagina. There is an initial lymphatic ...
There are different treatments for cervical cancer depending on how advanced it is, and you may need more than one form of treatment. If the cancer is only on the surface of your cervix, your doctor can remove or destroy cancerous cells with procedures such asLEEPor cold knife conization. ...