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cervical cancer

            
             Cervical cancer is a tumour of the cervix. It is a common cancer in women and can be prevented by detecting precancerous cells in a cervical smear. .
             The cervix is the part of the womb, which projects into the vagina. It measures less than one inch across and about one and a half inches in length. It is a block of a special type of muscle covered by a thin layer of surface cells. Cancer of the cervix develops in these surface cells, which first start to grow in an abnormal way (precancerous cells). After about 10 years, the precancerous cells turn into actual cancer cells, which spread into the muscle of the cervix, surrounding tissue and then to other parts of the body.
             Precancerous cells in the cervix seem to develop after an infection of the cervix by a sexually transmitted virus called human papilloma virus. This virus also causes genital warts.
             Other factors associated with the development of cervical cancer include things such as early start of periods, pregnancy as a teenager, having more than a few sexual partners or a sexual partner who has had several sexual partners, smoking and infection with a sexually transmitted disease at any time.
             The cervix is probably more at risk to infection by human papilloma virus in teenage girls and in smokers. Having many sexual partners or sexually transmitted diseases increases the risk of coming into contact with human papilloma virus.
             Precancerous cells in the cervix do not cause symptoms and cervical cancer does not usually cause symptoms until it has been growing for some time. The symptoms may then be bleeding after intercourse, bleeding between periods and a pink vaginal discharge. Later there is pain as the cancer starts to grow into other tissues.
             Cervical cancer is one of the few cancers that can be treated before it develops. This is because cells from the surface of the cervix can be easily obtained and inspected under a microscope for precancerous cells (a cervical smear).


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1. Cervical Cancer

... abnormalities, the health care provider will want to look at the cervix with a colposcope (a special type of microscope that allows the provider to examine the vagina and cervix). The earlier cervical cancer is diagnosed and treated, the greater the chances are that the patient will survive (McKesson Clinical...). Surgery may be used to remove tissues showing precancerous changes and cancers in situ ... cold to destroy tissues, and electrocoagulation, which uses heat to remove tissue, may also be used. Surgery, radiation, chemotherapy (anticancer drugs), or a combination of techniques a...

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2. Cervical Cancer

... factor is having many sexual partners at a young age. But many women will get the HPV virus without these factors. What are the symptoms of cervical cancer? There are only a few symptoms of cervical cancer, because in most cases the cancer is detected before the symptoms start. The most common symptom is abnormal bleeding between periods or after intercourse. Often there is a foul smelling discharge ... cervix. The sample is then placed on a glass slide for examination under a microscope to detect any abnormal cells. This test should be done once a year by a gynecologist. Another test f...

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3. 5 Treatments for Cervical Cancer

... removed by a gynecologist or other health care provider by brushing or scraping the cervix during a pelvic examination. The removed cells are evenly spread on one or more glass slides. After cervical cancer is detected there are five treatments available. Transition: Let's begin with the first treatment. BODY: I. The first type of treatment is known as Cryocautery. A. Cryocautery involves freezing the surface of ... a year for the rest of their lives, because pre-cancerous cells can develop at the top of vagina. CONCLUSION: I. In conclusion we have learned about the five treatments avai...

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4. Advancemets In Cancer Research

... have the ability to block or slightly change cancerous mutations in normal cells during cell division and differentiation (Klein). Oncologists, Stanbridge and Ceredig, found that if human cervical carcinoma cells (cervical cancer) were crossed with normal human fibroblasts and injected into mice, the malignancy was suppressed and cancerous cells eventually ceased to multiply. However, this experiment has not shown ... great success in humans. With more research and trials, this could be a very responsive form of cancer treatment. Treatment research is a vast and complex idea. The main t...

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5. Cancer

... of them have this out-of-control growth of cells in common, but different kinds of cancer can behave very different. Lung cancer and breast cancer are very different diseases. They grow at different fates and respond to different treatments. The types of cancers are as follows; breast, cervical, colorectal, lung, lymphoma, prostate, skin, stomach, testicular, and more. This is why people with different ... types of cancer need the treatment that aims their kind of cancer. If the spread of abnormal cells is not controlled it can lead to death ... , it does help when going to a physician ...

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6. Cancer

... is an examination of the rectum and entire colon using a lighted instrument called a colonoscope. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is one of the most common tests for cancer. It uses computers and radio waves to detect cancer. Computerized axial tomography scanning (CAT scan) is a machine that uses radiation to view internal organs, which are normally not visible in x-rays. Prostatic ultrasound is used ... when testing prostate cancer by using ultra waves. A Pap test is used to detect abnormal cellular activity in the cervical regions in the uterus. There are a couple ways of ... detec...

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7. Lung Cancer

... % of lung cancers, smoking is also associated with cancers of the mouth, pharynx, larynx, esophagus, pancreas, uterine cervix, kidney, and bladder. Smoking accounts for at least 29% of all cancer deaths, is a major cause of heart disease, and is associated with conditions ranging from colds and gastric ulcers to chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and cerebrovascular disease. Women have a better chance in ... are much greater then a man that smoked 2 times longer then the woman did. Scientists still don't know all the reasons why this happens. With 23 million women still smoking. Lung cancer w...

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8. The Human Papillomavirus (HPV)

... is estimated that nearly 50% of sexually active men and women will contract HPV at some point in their lives. Over the last 30 years, the mortality rate associated with cervical cancer has decreased significantly due to the HPV vaccines and increased use of the Pap test. This has been a remarkable public health achievement. (CDC) OVERVIEW OF THE HPV VACCINE There are ... version of its parent vaccine. This new vaccine protects against 9 strains of HPV that are associated with 90% of genital warts cases and 90% of cervical cancers. Considering that over 12,900 new cases of cervical cance...

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9. "Recent Trends for the Diagnostic Procedures of Malignancies

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