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              Cervical Cancer

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General Infomation

  • Cancer is a disease in which certain body cells do not function correctly, divide very fast, and produce to much tissue that forms a tumor.
  • Type  of cancer that occurs in the cells of the cervix.
  •  The lower part of the uterus that connects to the vagina. 
  • The virus survives for years.
  • Controlled to the process that causes some cells on the surface of the cervix to become cancer cells.
  • cervical cancer caused by a virus called HPV

Types of Cervical Cancer 

  • Squamous cells caranomas
  • Adenocoarcinomas 
  • Many sexual partners 
  • Early sexual activity 
  • Other sexually transmitted infections
  • A weak immune system
  • Cigarette smoking

What is HPV?

  • HPV is short for human papilloma virus 
  • This virus can cause changes in the cervix
  • HPV is NOT the same as HIV
  • HPV is not a new virus but we are learning more about it
  • Most men and women who have ever had sex have had HPV at some time in their lives

Signs

  • Women with early cervical cancer and pre-cancer usually have no symptom
  • Signs cal also cause by conditions other than cervical  cancer
  • Ignoring symptoms may allow the cancer to progress to a more advanced stage and lower your chance for effective treatment 
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Symptoms

  • In the early stages of cervical cancer women do not usually experience any symptoms
  • Cervical cancer diagnosis comes as a surprise because of the absence of noticeable symptoms
  • Irregular vaginal bleeding, abnormal vaginal discharge,bleeding during intercourse
  • Pelvic, back or leg pain, weight loss, bleeding with urination or bowel movement

Stages/Staging

  • Info from exams and diagnostic tests is used to determine the size of the tumor.
  • How deeply the tumor has invaded tissues in and around the cervix and the spread to lymph or distant organs (metastasis)
  • A cancer that comes back or spreads is still referred to by the stage it was given when it was found.
  • Imaging tests
  • Visual examination of your bladder and rectum
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www.macmillan.org.uxk/Cancerinformation/Cancertypes/Cervix/Treatingcervicalcancer/Radiotherapy/Radiotherapy.aspx

How to treat Cervical Cancer? / Treatments

  • General treatment info 
  • After establishing the stage of your cervical cancer 
  • Depending on the type and stage of your cancer, you may needed more than one type of treatment 
  • Earliest stages of cervical cancer either surgery or radiation combined with chemo may be used.
  • A detailed vaginal and rectal exam is typically the initial intervention to determine the stage of the disease (where the cancer may have spread)
  • Treated with radiation that may be include a small dose of chemotherapy to "sensitive" the cancer cells to radiation
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What you can do?

  • Write questions to the doctor 
  • Make a list of your medication
  • Note any personal history that increased your risk of sexually transmitted infection, such as early sexual activity, multiple partners or unprotected sex
  • List medication

Who can get Cervical Cancer?

  • Some women have a greater chance of getting cervical cancer if they:
  • Have HPV and it doesn't go away
  • Have HIV or AIDS
  • Smoking
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Survival Rates 

  • Some patients with cancer may want to know the survival statistics for people in similar situations, while others ma not find the numbers helpful
  • People survive at least 5 years 
  • Survival rates are often  based on previous outcome of large numbers of people who had the disease 
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