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Cervical Cancer Treatment |
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Cervical cancer is an
ailment in which the malign or cancer cells go beyond control in the
cervix area of the uterus and consequently attack other areas. The
cancer is mainly responsible for the death of nearly 15% American
women. The main causative agent is the HPV virus that infests the
body due to weak immune system.
There are many predisposing factors
that are responsible for the cancer to happen-unsafe sex, unhealthy
life style, early sex etc.
The cervical cancer at the initial
stage shows no symptoms, but as the disease progresses the symptoms
start showing. There are vaccination programs for reducing the chance
of the cancer in women, but they have been discovered recently and
those who have already crossed the age barrier are at the high risk
of this cancer.
The cancer cannot be
detected early till it show the symptoms, but with certain tests your
physician can detect the cancer cells growing. Certain tests like Pap
Smear, Colposcopy etc may be carried out to detect the cancer cells.
The Cervical cancer treatment is
carried out based on the stages of it. Once the tests confirm the
cancer, the doctors find out the stage of the ailment and treatments
are applicable as per medical and clinical theories. There are two
types of treatments that are carried out in case of cancer- one is
standard and the other one is the clinical. In standard treatments
the doctor would apply already set treatments, while in clinical
treatments, experimentation is carried out for better treatments.
Cervical cancer treatment may include
surgery where the cells are removed from the cervix called
conization. Hysterectomy is another surgical procedure where the
uterus is removed completely. There are other surgeries too to remove
the various parts that are affected. It all depends on the stage of
the cancer. Then there are more advanced form of treatments like
radiotherapy or chemotherapy to treat cervical cancer.
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