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Cervical Cancer : In Depth - Deciding on Treatment

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Deciding On Treatment

Types of Treatment for Cervical Cancer
Your doctor may recommend a specific treatment. Or, he or she may offer you a choice of which one you'd like to follow. But in most cases, surgery or radiation will be needed. Discuss with your doctor and other healthcare professionals any questions and concerns you have about your treatment options. Ask how successful the treatment is expected to be, and what its risks and side effects may be. Take the time you need to make the best decision for you.
Source:StayWell
Date:November 23, 2004
What Happens During Surgery for Cervical Cancer?
When a woman has surgery for cervical cancer, the doctor will try to remove the tumor and not leave any cancer cells behind. The surgeon is the most appropriate doctor to determine whether a tumor can be safely removed. Surgical treatment of cervical cancer depends on many things. Precancerous changes are treated differently than invasive cancer. Precancerous changes are also called dysplasia or carcinoma in situ. These types of changes are only in the surface layers of the cervix. They have not invaded deeper tissues. Invasive cancer has reached beyond the surface of the cervix.
Source:StayWell
Date:November 23, 2004
Making the Decision to Have Radiation Therapy for...
If you have radiation therapy, you'll see a doctor called a radiation oncologist. This doctor sets the treatment plan. The plan details the kind of radiation therapy you'll have and how long the treatment will last.
Source:StayWell
Date:November 23, 2004
What Happens During Chemotherapy for Cervical Can...
Chemotherapy is the use of drugs to kill cancer cells. You may take these drugs by mouth, as an injection into your body, or both ways.
Source:StayWell
Date:November 23, 2004
Cryotherapy
Cervical cryotherapy (also called "cryosurgery” or "cryoablation”) is a procedure that removes abnormal cells from the cervix. It's most often done in the doctor's office, and only takes a few minutes. During cryotherapy, tissue that includes the abnormal cells is frozen. This tissue is destroyed.
Source:StayWell
Date:August 14, 2003
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