As we all know the cancer is a very ruthless disease characterized by a multitude of abnormal cells which in the early stage is localized in one part of the body (tissue, or organs), who can multiply and be transported by tissues, blood or lymph and invade all the healthy parts of the organism. The cancer is a group of more than 100 different and distinctive diseases in one.

Cancer can involve any tissue of the body and have many different forms in each body area. Most cancers are named for the type of cell or organ in which they start. If a cancer spreads and affects other parts of the body, the new tumor has the same name as the original (primary) tumor.



The cancer may be particular because of the gender anatomy, for example, the skin cancer is the most common type of malignancy for both men and women, the common type of cancer in men’s case is prostate cancer and in women’s case, the breast cancer.

Skin cancers are often curable, but the lung cancer is the primary death cause for both men and women in the United States today. And, in Romania, the cervical cancer is the leading cause of death among the women.

Only the malignant tumors represent cancer cells. The cancer is not contagious.

Cervical cancer is characterized by the appearance of atypical cells, which multiply to uncontrollable cervix (cervix, the first part of the uterus that opens into the vagina).

Most pre-cancerous cells appear on the cervix, an area suffering constant cyclic changes (depending on the menstrual cycle). This process is physiological, cervical cells may have different mutations, favoring the appearance of abnormal cells, especially for infection with human papilloma virus (sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical lesions and is thus an increased risk for cervical cancer) .

If the cervical cancer is discovered in incipient phases, it can be healed in majority of cases. The most efficient method to discover the cervical cancer is the Pap test. This test can detect the abnormal cervical cells before the appearance of tumor cells, and at this stage the treatment is most efficient. That is why the doctors advise all the women and young girls who have started their sexual activity to take the Pap test at least once a year.

The treatment for this disease is very hard, strong and has disastrous effects on the organism and is most efficient if it’s used in the early stages.

The causes of the cervical cancer are:

-compromised immune system, especially women with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS);
-the use of the oral contraceptive for a longer period of 5 years;
-smoking, especially women with a long history of cigarette consumption;
-sexual behavior increases the risk of cervical cancer: the start of the sexual life before the age of 18, unprotected intercourse, sexual activity with more then 3 different partners throughout life, intercourse with a partner who had more partners.

Like in many other medical cases, the cervical cancer may appear even if the women has had a healthy lifestyle.Not even if you have a healthy lifestyle you are not totally guarded of this disease.

The pregnant women have the same risk of developing cervical cancer as the women who aren’t pregnant.

Take the doctors advise and make the Pap test at least once a year to detect in time the cervical cancer.