What is Vaginal Cancer?
Posted on July 6, 2008 - Filed Under Ovarian Cervical Uterine Cancer | Leave a Comment
Vaginal cancer is not a common cancer. Vaginal cancer is cancer that begins in the vagina. There are two basic types of vaginal cancer:
* Squamous cell carcinoma is cancer that forms in squamous cells. Squamous cell vaginal cancer spreads slowly and usually stays near the vagina without spreading, but it is possible for it to spread to the lungs and liver. This is the most common type of vaginal cancer. Squamous cell carcinoma is usually found in women that are 60 years old or older.
* Adenocarcinoma is cancer that begins in glandular cells. Adenocarcinoma is much more likely than squamous… Continue reading
Read More..>>What is Ovarian Cancer?
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Women have two ovaries in their lower abdomen, one on each side of the uterus. The ovaries are part of the reproduction system. There are two jobs that ovaries do; they produce hormones (estrogen and progesterone), and they release eggs that travel down the fallopian tubes to the uterus.
Ovarian cysts can be found on the outer surface of an ovary or inside it. An ovarian cyst contains fluid, and it can also contain solid matter. It is very important to know that most ovarian cysts are NOT cancer. They are benign cysts that will go away all by themselves over… Continue reading
Read More..>>What is Cervical Cancer?
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Today, doctors recommend that women get regular (at least annual) Pap smear tests done. There is a good reason. Cervical cancer is cancer that develops in tissues of the cervix. The cervix is the organ that connects the uterus and the vagina. Cancer of the cervix is usually very slow in growing, and sometimes there are virtually no symptoms until the disease is well developed.
A Pap smear test is a method of early detection of a potential problem. With early diagnosis and early intervention, cervix cancer is mostly curable. Left undetected and untreated, cervical cancer is fatal.
Pap smears are not… Continue reading
Read More..>>Uterine Cancer and Early Detection
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About 15% of cancers in women is uterine cancer. More or less 80,000 women were diagnosed in 2005 with cancer (pelvic gynecological malignancy) and a lot of these cases were uterine cancer. Of uterine cancers around 95% are endometrial. Uterine cancer mostly occurs in postmenopausal women and is basically abnormal cell growth in the uterus (neoplasm).
Endometrial uterine cancers, in many cases, are curable as well as being highly treatable - treatment methods include medications, surgical options, chemotherapy and radiation, depending on relevant protocols.
Once a problem is diagnosed the appropriate treatment can commence. The symptom most common in uterine cancer is… Continue reading
Read More..>>Circumcision And Cervical Cancer
Posted on June 18, 2008 - Filed Under Ovarian Cervical Uterine Cancer | Leave a Comment
The bad news about cervical cancer is that it is one of the most common cancers affecting the female reproductive organs. But cheer up! It’s a slow-growing cancer and 100 percent curable if detected early.
Cervical cancer usually affects women between 30 and 55 years old. The National Cancer Institute said there are over 11,000 cases discovered every year.
Who gets cervical cancer? Naturally, any woman with a cervix is prone to the disease, but there are certain risk factors to consider. Sexual promiscuity is one of them.
Women who begin having sex before age 18 are more likely to get the disease… Continue reading
Read More..>>Why Uterine Cancer Isn’t Caught Earlier
Posted on June 5, 2008 - Filed Under Ovarian Cervical Uterine Cancer | Leave a Comment
Over a year ago my period started on schedule. But, then it never stopped. I got online to look up “long periods” and “heavy periods” because I had always been very regular and now besides going on forever there was a lot of blood. Even clots a few times, which was scary.
The internet relieved much of my fears. I was 51 and much of my searching online led me to believe that as a woman gets closer to menopause her periods get whacky. Either skipping and getting lighter or getting longer and heavier. Either way was “normal.”
There were many other… Continue reading
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