Treatment For Cervical Cancer
Published on Apr 01 2010, in the categories: Treatments
Well this is some info on cervical cancer detection and treatment.We must understand that the best weapon against any type of cancer is early detection.The sooner you seek help the more chances you have of surviving this dreadful disease.
Also called a Pap test, not because of the papillomavirus, but after George Papanicolaou, inventor of the process. According to statistics, the Pap test could save the lives of at least 1 000 women in Canada each year. The test gives results that are both small tissue inflammation of hormonal than HPV infection, abnormal cells and cervical cancer. It can sometimes detect cancer of the body of the uterus (the endometrium). It is a simple and painless procedure that involves gently rubbing the area of the cervix with a small brush.
If results show a tissue defect is the appearance of the affected tissue, which guides how to act.When results are not quite normal, they are not necessarily very alarming either. This may occur if the smear has been performed around menstruation, or when a woman has a type of genital infection other than HPV. It may be that your doctor wants to repeat the exam after a few weeks. The results are often normal the second time.
Other results must be checked more thoroughly. If your doctor suspects abnormal cells or a tumor, he will prescribe an additional examination, usually a colposcopy. It is a test similar to the pelvic examination routine, except that the speculum is provided with a magnifying glass and a light that allows the doctor to better see the cervix in order to implement solutions that the color and highlight anomalies.
If your doctor noticed lesions on the walls of the cervix and if he suspected of containing abnormal cells or to form a tumor, a biopsy (taking a piece of tissue) will confirm the diagnosis.There are different types of biopsies. Your doctor will indicate which one works best for you. In fact, it is possible to completely remove small cancers using these processes. Sometimes women learn after a colposcopy, they were suffering from cancer and has been withdrawn. In most cases, no further treatment is necessary. The same procedures performed on an outpatient basis (that is to say without hospitalization) can be used to remove the abnormal cells.
For the moment, several provinces recommend that all women who have been sexually undergo Pap smear every 1 year or every 3 years. Specialist groups such as the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada and the Society of Gynecologic Oncologists of Canada expressed reservations on this frequency, because they recommend an annual review.Ask your doctor what would be a good frequency for you, given your particular circumstances.
Also called a Pap test, not because of the papillomavirus, but after George Papanicolaou, inventor of the process. According to statistics, the Pap test could save the lives of at least 1 000 women in Canada each year. The test gives results that are both small tissue inflammation of hormonal than HPV infection, abnormal cells and cervical cancer. It can sometimes detect cancer of the body of the uterus (the endometrium). It is a simple and painless procedure that involves gently rubbing the area of the cervix with a small brush.
If results show a tissue defect is the appearance of the affected tissue, which guides how to act.When results are not quite normal, they are not necessarily very alarming either. This may occur if the smear has been performed around menstruation, or when a woman has a type of genital infection other than HPV. It may be that your doctor wants to repeat the exam after a few weeks. The results are often normal the second time.
Other results must be checked more thoroughly. If your doctor suspects abnormal cells or a tumor, he will prescribe an additional examination, usually a colposcopy. It is a test similar to the pelvic examination routine, except that the speculum is provided with a magnifying glass and a light that allows the doctor to better see the cervix in order to implement solutions that the color and highlight anomalies.
If your doctor noticed lesions on the walls of the cervix and if he suspected of containing abnormal cells or to form a tumor, a biopsy (taking a piece of tissue) will confirm the diagnosis.There are different types of biopsies. Your doctor will indicate which one works best for you. In fact, it is possible to completely remove small cancers using these processes. Sometimes women learn after a colposcopy, they were suffering from cancer and has been withdrawn. In most cases, no further treatment is necessary. The same procedures performed on an outpatient basis (that is to say without hospitalization) can be used to remove the abnormal cells.
For the moment, several provinces recommend that all women who have been sexually undergo Pap smear every 1 year or every 3 years. Specialist groups such as the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada and the Society of Gynecologic Oncologists of Canada expressed reservations on this frequency, because they recommend an annual review.Ask your doctor what would be a good frequency for you, given your particular circumstances.
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