Articles of category "Cervical cancer"

Cervical cancer is a very serious disease, and as any other kind of cancer it can lead to a death if there is no appropriate cervical cancer treatment. Different studies were performed on cervical cancer and it was discovered that disease is caused by hpv-infection. So, with that interesting discovery after long research program a special cervical cancer vaccine to prevent the disease was developed.

In the beginning, the diagnosis of this disease proved to be pretty hard to recognize. Cervical cancer symptoms are not that apparent to the untrained eye. That is why many doctors advise women to perform regular screening. This procedure makes earlier cervical cancer diagnosis possible. And a different cervical cancer staging procedure, the so-called FIGO system is used. It is performed using special clinical examinations, which allow avoiding surgery.