Can Cervical cancer be cured?

Cervical cancer is a cancer of the cervix, the cervix is the lowermost part of the uterus. This cancer is known to affect only women. It is transmitted through unprotected sexual intercourse. However it is not a guarantee that every sexual act will lead to the disease, it is only transmitted from men who possess the agent that causes cervical cancer. Men can carry the agent but are not affected by it.

Women with a family history of Cervical cancer stand a risk of acquiring it sometime in their life, however this will always not be the case but calls for vigilance like early medical checkups. Women who start unprotected sex at a very early age are at a high risk of acquiring cervical cancer.

Normally, the cancer is not likely to present with symptoms or signs at its initial stages, these are usually more noticeable in the later stages. It is advisable for women in the reproductive age to conduct routine medical check-ups to rule out this cancer early enough.

A cure for cervical cancer is possible but depends on a few factors which we will discuss as you keep on reading. First and foremost, I would love to mention to you that cervical cancer has four known clinical stages. Numerically that is stage one through stage four. Mind you, all these stages have significance.

Stage one usually describes a stage of cervical cancer that is confined only in the cervix, stage two describes that which has reached a third of the vagina. Stage three depicts the spread of cancer in other pelvic organs only while stage four describes cervical cancer that has spread throughout the body.

Let us talk about the treatment or rather the cure. Stage one cancer can be cured, healthy workers apply a technique known as hysterectomy where the uterus is extracted from the female. In the early stages of cervical cancer say stages one and two, the cure is achievable! Health workers can also apply a technique known as cryotherapy where the cancer cells in the cervix are frozen. This is curative too but only in the early stages as elaborated above.

There are other modes of treatment employed in the management of cervical cancer, however this is mostly in the late stages and it is not normally curative. Radiotherapy can be performed where special rays are directed towards the cancer cells. This procedure drastically reduces the cancer cells but also poses a risk of killing some normal body cells. Chemotherapy is applied where chemical agents usually drugs are used to directly kill the cancer cells. These treatment options that I have listed are usually employed in the later stages of cervical cancer treatment and only serve as a means of regulating the progression of the disease but not steered towards a cure.

It is not medically possible to achieve complete eradication of the disease in the late stages, only supportive treatment such as control of symptoms is applied. Having known all that, it is also worth mentioning some of the symptoms of this disease. These include; abnormal vaginal bleeding, bleeding after sexual intercourse, and painful sexual intercourse. If you experience any of these symptoms, it is important that you consult with your doctor so as to run more tests to confirm your condition.

However, you don't really need to wait until you see the symptoms. Routine medical screening for sexually active women is recommended at least once every three years. Vaccination is also available for young girls between ages 10 to 15 before the onset of sexual activity. Stick to one sexual partner and always use a condom in case you have multiple male sexual partners.

Cervical cancer kills, the good news is that once diagnosed early enough, it can be cured!