Cervical cancer is a malignant neoplasm of the cervix or the cervical area of the womb. There are different symptoms connected to this medical condition, but one of the most prevalent is abnormal bleeding from the vagina. In some cases, there are no symptoms at all, until the cancer has gone into a very advanced stage. The treatments for this type of cancer include surgery, which involves local excision, for the very early stages. If the cancer is in later stages, chemotherapy and radiotherapy are used to treat the disease.
The cervix is the narrow portion of an area that is joined with the top part of the vagina. Many cervical cancers of the squamous cell carcinoma variety arise from the squamous (flattened) epithelial cells that do line the cervix itself. The second most common type of cancer that occurs is adenocarcinoma, and it happens in epithelial cells that are glandular in description.
Cervical cancer can be caused by different things, but not all the causes are known, and one of the leading causes of it is attributed to the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection. Chlamydia, an STD, can also promote this cancer.
