Cervical Cancer - What Are the Treatment Options?
Posted on August 25, 2008 - Filed Under Ovarian Cervical Uterine Cancer | Leave a Comment
For many people the very word “cancer” conjures up images of an incurable disease. Typically a disease that is quite often life-threatening. Cervical cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers among women. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports that in the year 2004, 1,892 women in the U.S. were diagnosed with cervical cancer and 3,850 women died from the disease. Because cervical cancer is slow-growing most women do not notice any symptoms and the disease may significantly progress and be less treatable by the time it is diagnosed. It is extremely important to get regular gynecological checkups… Continue reading
Read More..>>What Are the Options on Cervical Cancer Treatment?
Posted on August 25, 2008 - Filed Under Ovarian Cervical Uterine Cancer | Leave a Comment
The cervix is the lower, narrow end of the uterus that leads to the vagina or birth canal. Like many organs in the body, the cervix can develop cancer. Cervical cancer usually develops very slowly over time. Before cancer appears in the cervix, dysphasia happens. Dysphasia is where the cells of the cervix go through changes and the cells that are not normal appear in the cervical tissue. When this happens, cancer starts to spread around the cervix and to other surrounding areas. Since the cervix is an important organ in the female body, it is important for us to… Continue reading
Read More..>>The HPV Vaccine - Is it Worth Taking?
Posted on July 23, 2008 - Filed Under Ovarian Cervical Uterine Cancer | Leave a Comment
This article is strictly my opinion. Your opinion may vary greatly. Always check with your doctor for the potential risks of cervical cancer.
Over the last couple of days I’ve been reading about the HPV vaccine and it’s side effects from doctors and people just like you and me. I am stunned by the information.
I did a search on the Internet about the HPV vaccine and came up with some pretty incriminating results. My mind is just blown away by how ignorant our scientists, researchers, doctors and people in general really are when it comes to vaccines.
Any other prescription medicine has… Continue reading
Read More..>>What is Cervical Cancer?
Posted on July 6, 2008 - Filed Under Ovarian Cervical Uterine Cancer | Leave a Comment
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
Posted on July 6, 2008 - Filed Under Ovarian Cervical Uterine Cancer | Leave a Comment
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
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