Most women experience symptoms only after the cancer invades nearby tissue.
Other risk factors may include: (3)
How Is Cervical Cancer Diagnosed?
Abiopsywill likely be performed on tissue with any apparent abnormalities for screen for cancerous changes.
There are several types of biopsies that your doctor may perform, depending on your case.
The five-year survival rate for stage 1 cervical cancer is above 90 percent.
Surgery for Cervical CancerSurgery may be recommended to remove pre-cancerous tissue.
Surgery may be minimal or more extensive, depending on whether the cancer has spread.
Chemotherapy for Cervical CancerConcurrent chemoradiation combines chemotherapy with radiation therapy to boost the efficacy of radiation.
But achieving widespread HPV vaccination rates continues to be a problem.
Geography and access to care also plays a role.
Fewer adolescents in rural areas, compared with adolescents in urban areas, are getting the HPV vaccine.
When chemotherapy is combined with radiation, blood counts may be lower andfatigue and nauseatend to be worse.
These side effects typically improve in the weeks after treatment is stopped.
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Research and Statistics: Who Has Cervical Cancer?
A feature inO, The Oprah Magazineabout genetic testing earned her the June Roth Award for Medical Journalism.
Melba received a Reynolds Institute fellowship and an EWA Reporting fellowship.
Melba grew up in the Arkansas Delta and now lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.
