Women encountering cervical cancer diagnosis during pregnancy need to take several difficult decisions. These decisions are made individually with the help of support teams. Decisions of delaying treatment for cervical cancer is taken based on factors like the pregnancy stage, the cancer stage, family input, personal beliefs and the patient’s age. When a woman is diagnosed with cervical cancer, she needs to undergo several other tests, which are done for determining the staging of the disease. Pregnant women are made to undergo only the diagnostic procedures that are safe for the developing fetus. If the cancer is still in its early stage during the diagnosis, the treatment for the condition is delayed until the woman gives birth. Delay of cervical cancer treatment is also common if the disease  [...]

Cervical cancer can be defined as the cancer type starting from the cervix i.e. the uterus’s lower part opening on the vagina’s top. During its early stage cervical cancer does not show up any symptom; however, some patients might experience symptoms like bleeding between periods, and after menopause, persistent vaginal discharge that may be bloody, brown and might possess as foul smell, heavier and longer periods etc. The signs that indicate advanced cervical cancers are: fatigue, bone fractures, back pain, heavy vaginal bleeding, leg pain, decreased appetite, weight loss, pelvic pain, swelling of any one leg etc. Below we have discussed about the 3 types of cervical cancer: Squamous Cell Carcinomas: This is the most common cervical cancer type. It accounts for 80-90% of all the cervical  [...]

The early stages of cervical cancer are: Stage 0: This is the stage when the cervical cancer just starts to develop; the stage is marked by abnormal transformations known as dysplasia, which occur within the cervical lining. Diagnosis of stage 0 of cervical cancer usually occurs during the routine Pap Smear. In this stage, the cancer does not invade the patient’s lymph nodes. Stage 1: Stage 1 cervical cancer is characterized by invasion of the cancer into the cervix’s deeper tissues; however, in this stage also the cancer stays confined within the cervix. Patients in stage 1 of cervical cancer do not experience any symptom indicating the spreading of cancer cells in distant organs or the lymph nodes. Stage 1 cervical cancer can again be segmented into 2 sub stage; stage IA and stage IB.  [...]

A small understanding of what is a cervical cancer? in the earlier story is now demanding to have a look on the diagnosis process and the methods of treatments.  The condition of a cervical cancer develops very gradually and in the initial stage of the cancer, the cervix faces some sort of changes. These changes are known as ‘Dyplasia’. The cancerous cells in the cervical tissue will be little abnormal and if diagnosed, can be caught. If not diagnosed well they can spread in other nearest areas. If a woman give birth to a number of children , have a lot of sexual partner, an unsafe sexual behavior in the earlier age , having excessive number of birth control pills and/or the women who have a very weak immune system will suffer with cervical cancer. This cancer lead to vaginal bleeding  [...]

Some of the cancer-fighting institutes and organizations have said that cancer is a great cause of death and many other disabilities in the inhabitants of the world. The cervical cancer is also a same issue. The American Society of Clinical Oncology or ASCO, the National Cancer Institute in the USA with the association of other cancer fighting organization has organized many conferences, camps to spread awareness about the Cervical Cancer in the year 2010. What is a Cervical cancer? The health condition of cervical cancer is actually a malignant neoplasm that can be found in the cervix uteri and other parts of the cervical area. The area of cervix is a very thin but important part inside the uterus. Uterus is an area , where  a baby grows during a pregnancy. The location of the cervix is connected  [...]

Medicine manufacturers GSK & Merck already produce vaccinations for protecting from human papillomavirus (HPV) strains which are causal to several cervical cancer cases. Cervical cancer garners the second slot in the list for being the most pervasive form of cancer among females globally and estimated to cause 328000 deaths in 2010. During a large-scaled trial examining information dating back 6 decades from 10574 invasive cervical cancer cases across thirty-eight nations, a global group of researchers inspected what forms of HPV were contributory to majority of the worldwide occurrences of cervical cancer. The study helmed by Silvia de Sanjose appeared in the latest edition of ‘Lancet’ found that 8 forms of HPV – 35, 58, 52, 31, 33, 45, 18 and 16 – as per ascending order of regularity  [...]

A novel study indicated that women over forty years of age are not likely to garner benefits to a large extent from inoculation for the virus causing cervical cancer. Immunization for HPV (human papillomavirus), is advised for all women up to twenty-six years of age and even for girls of nine years of age. The latest study headed by author Dr. Ana Cecilia Rodriguez stated that the study was conducted for ascertaining if women in the older age band could be shielded alongside observing outline of HPV infection as women grew older. The study did a follow-up of over nine thousand women from Costa Rica in the age group of nineteen to 97 years and screened them for cancer-causing HPV infections and originators to cervical cancer. The study that was lately released online in The Journal of the National  [...]

Cervical Cancer is a serious health problem affecting women globally. It is the third prevalent kind of cancer in women. Nearly 80% of cervical cancer cases are from developing countries where cervical cancer is the second most prevalent reason behind cancer fatalities among women. The Human Papilloma Virus The finding that the HPV or Human Papillomavirus virus causes cervical cancer has opened novel avenues in its prevention and treatment. There seems to be a strong association between the occurrence of cervical cancer and the commonness of HPV infection in the populace. Above hundred HPV types has been detected, nearly forty are found to affect the genital region and at least fifteen are deemed oncogenic; 2 other types cause majority of the cases of genital warts. HPV linked Diseases Globally,  [...]

Patients having particular alterations in the cancer genome are at 3-4 times higher risk of recurrence subsequent to the standard cervical cancer treatment when evaluated against those patients that did not have such alterations. This was part of the study conducted by Norwegian researchers and has been printed in the 13th November edition in the open-access academic journal ‘PLoS Genetics’. The research indicates that particular genetic variations are decisive stages revealing that the disease is progressing to a more belligerent and treatment-immune phase. Cervical cancer is one of the most prevalent forms of cancer that affects women globally and a key reason behind cancer-linked fatalities. Hence, the researchers have endeavoured to investigate if these genetic alterations could provide  [...]

The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) lately approved the use of Cervarix, the second vaccine intended for averting infections occurring due to HPV or human papilloma virus, a grave risk factor that could lead to cervical cancer. The Cervarix vaccine (Manufacturer – GlaxoSmithKline) is aimed at combating high risk HPV strains 16 and 18 that are the offenders for nearly seventy percent of all occurring cervical cancers, and has got the green-light from the FDA to be used in girls and women in the age group of 10-25 years. HPV is a set of more than hundred related virus forms that could be transmitted via skin contact – inclusive of intercourse –vaginal or anal and could even be transmitted at the time of oral sexual contact. HPV leads to the appearance of genital warts, although several  [...]

Cervical cancers originate as a non-malignant irregularity of cells on the surface of the cervix. These abnormal cells comprise of dysplasia, squamous intraepithelial lesions (SIL) and carcinoma in situ. When unnoticed or untreated, these pre-invasive anomalies ultimately could attack the normal cervical cells. Due to this cancer could consequently develop that would invade adjacent tissues or lymph nodes and probably metastasize to other areas in the body. Cervical Cancer Symptoms: In case the normal cervical cells have not been attacked by these lesions, the treatments involved would be comparatively simple and uncomplicated. Pre-cancerous variations in the cervix generally are not painful and are usually asymptomatic and are spotted only following a pelvic examination and a Pap smear test.  [...]

The initial changes occurring in the cells lining the cervix is known as dysplasia. Treating these early changes could lower the risk of developing cervical cancer. Additionally, the risk factors associated with anomalous cell changes could also be reduced. Pap test Screening Cervical cancer could be most effectually screened via the Pap test. Getting Pap tests done at regular time intervals mostly aids in detection of changes in the cervical cells prior to them taking a malignant form. The irregular cell changes could be prevented from turning cancerous by undergoing screening at regular intervals and treating cervical cells anomalies could avert the anomalous cell variations from developing into cancer. It is crucial to re-visit the doctor in case of any abnormal outcome of the Pap Test. Smoking  [...]