Treatment Of Servical Cancer

Cervical cancer treatment depends on several factors such as stage of cancer, the health problems you may have and their preferences regarding treatment. Treatment options may include:

Surgery. Surgery to remove the uterus (hysterectomy) is usually used to treat early stages of cervical cancer. A simple hysterectomy involves the removal of the cancer, cervix and uterus. A simple hysterectomy is usually an option only when the cancer is very early - the invasion is less than 3 millimeters (mm) in the neck. Radical hysterectomy - removal of the cervix, vagina and lymph nodes in the region - is the standard surgical treatment when there is invasion of more than 3 mm in the neck.

Hysterectomy can cure early stage cervical cancer and prevent cancer from returning, but the removal of the uterus, it is impossible to become pregnant.

Radiation protection. Radiation therapy uses high-powered energy to kill cancer cells. Radiation therapy can be administered externally via external or internal radiation therapy (brachytherapy) by placing the device filled with radioactive material near your cervix. Radiotherapy is as effective as surgery for cervical cancer at an early stage. For women with more advanced cervical cancer, radiation therapy combined with chemotherapy is considered the most effective treatment.

Both methods can be combined with radiotherapy. Radiation therapy may be used alone, chemotherapy before surgery to shrink the tumor or after surgery to kill any remaining cancer cells. Premenopausal women may stop menstruating because of radiotherapy and the onset of menopause.

Chemotherapy. Chemotherapy uses drugs to kill cancer cells. Chemotherapy drugs can be used alone or in combination, is usually injected into a vein and travels through your body quickly kill growing cells, including cancer cells. Low doses of chemotherapy are often combined with radiation therapy because chemotherapy can improve the effects of radiation. Higher doses of chemotherapy used for advanced control of cervical cancer that can not be cured. Some chemotherapy drugs can cause infertility and early menopause in premenopausal women.