If a lady is diagnosed with cervical cancer,the next step would be to see how much it has spread which is called staging.Doctor will see whether the the cancer is confined to cervix, if it has spread in and around the cervix or it has spread to distant part of areas like liver and lungs.
Based on the investigative modalities at the end of investigations the oncologist concludes the staging of cervical cancer.There are four stages, stage 1-4.
In early stage, that is in stage 1, the predominant treatment would be surgical.The procedure is called radical hysterectomy where the entire uterus is removed along with surrounding lymph nodes.
In higher stages, that is between stage 2 and 3, the main treatment would be radiation.Radiation is something like an x-ray where area is marked based on the imaging usually a CT scan and rays are delivered to a particular area.Radiation is of two types.One is external radiation, where the radiation is given from outside .Second is called brachytherapy or internal radiation where wires and mould are placed within the vagina and radiation is delivered to the cervix.Both teletherapy and brachytherapy is likely to be required in carcinoma cervix.
In more advanced cases, where cancer is already spread to the distant areas, the main treatment would be chemotherapy, which are usually medicines administered by the IV rode..

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