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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 ...
Brachytherapy.You get radiation through a small device placed inside your body, near your cervix. This is done for early-stage cervical cancer. This type of cervical cancer treatment can be given in the hospital or sometimes at home. External-beam radiation therapy.EBRT is often combined with b...
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Routine Pap smear, an examination used to screen for carcinoma of the uterine cervix, has resulted in a downward trend in mortality observed for that disease. The identification of certain types of HPV as the causal agents of cervical cancer has improved cervical-cancer-screening programs by ...
removing the ovaries, ruling out a future pregnancy.However, if the cancer is caught very early, you still may be able to have children after surgical treatment. A procedure called a radical trachelectomy can remove the cervix and part of the vagina while leaving the majority of the uterus ...
Fig. 1. Stage IB cervical cancer: visible lesion confined to cervix. Because radiotherapy and surgery are both viable options, the optimum treatment for each woman ideally should assess clinical factors such as menopausal status, age, concurrent medical illness, tumor histology, and cervical diameter...
HPV infection, multiple foci of disease can appear in a wide-ranging area of the vulva and can also appear, simultaneously or allochronically, in and around the uterine cervix, vagina and anus. Careful examination of all of these areas is required....
Overview Risks Symptoms Diagnosis Treatment Prevention What is cervical cancer?Cervical cancer starts in the cells of the cervix. The cervix is the opening of the uterus.What increases my risk for cervical cancer?Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection Smoking cigarettes Age older than 60 Being ...
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. ...