An Overview of Cervical Cancer

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An Overview of Cervical Cancer
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• Cervical cancer is in the increasing rate that is
  seen in women of all ages particularly to the
  women who are in their sexually active age.
  Cervical cancer occurs in the cervix part which
  is located at the lower part of the uterus and
  this cervix acts as a bridge that connects the
  uterus and the vagina. In most of the cases, one
  of the type of infection known as Human
  papillomavirus (HPV) is the main cause for
  the cervical cancerous cells growth which occurs
  due to the sexually transmitted diseases.

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Stages of Cervical Cancer

• Even before the symptom arises, a simple PAP
  Smear test which is done at a regular medical
  check-up annually is well enough to detect any
  signs of cervical cancer. Thus, women especially
  who are from 20s years of age and older can take
  up this test every once in two years or according
  to the recommendation of the gynaecologists.

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Stage I??Cervical Cancer

• As it is the initial stage, it can be detected
  when going for a routine medical check-up through
  a pap test. This can be easily removed as the
  cancerous cell is present only in the cervix and
  treatment options like radiation therapy,
  chemotherapy or surgery helps to remove them
  successfully.

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Stage II??Stage II A and Stage II B

• In this case, the cancer cells have started
  spreading from cervix to the upper part of the
  vagina as well. This is the stage II A. Hence, to
  stop the spreading of these cancerous cells to
  other area , combination treatment is given to
  the patients. Like combining the radiation
  therapy with the chemotherapy or administrating
  external beam radiation therapy for 4 to 6 weeks
  duration depending upon the size of the cells.
• Stage II B is the condition when the cancer cells
  spread to the nearest tissues of the cervix and
  it is commonly known as parametria. Thus, there
  are several treatment plans and supportive care
  is advised to the patients at this stage II to
  extend the survival time of the patient and to
  prevent any reoccurrence in future.

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Stage III??Stage III A Stage III B Cervical
Cancer

• Generally, in any cancer type the complexity of
  the cancer increases with higher stages. Thus, in
  stage III, the cancer cells are spread from
  cervix, upper portion of vagina and lower portion
  of vagina which is called Stage III A and further
  if it gets spread to either one side or both
  sides of the pelvic region and also causes
  blockage to the kidney drainage system then it is
  called Stage III B cervical cancer.

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Stage IV??Cervical Cancer

• Stage IV is the most critical stage and the
  survival rate of the patient is very negligible
  as by now the cancerous cells are spread to other
  organs as well. In Stage IV A, the cervical
  cancer tumour cells have spread to bladder,
  rectum and it is makes even more difficult to
  treat the patient. In Stage IV B the cancerous
  cells get spread to other organs like liver,
  bones and lungs. However, only a very small
  percentage of patients in this stage IV have
  survived after the treatments.
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