For a time, the survival rate of cervical cancer is quite low. In fact, is too low, which represents a large number of deaths among women in the United States. With the increasing rate of mortality of those who were in the disease, more women began to promote education and awareness to protect the lives of the women concerned and affected in the country of this cancer.
Today, it reduces the number of lives due to cancer of cervix with more women appreciate the benefits of early detection through PAP annual and regular. Because more women are now more careful of your body and your health, cervical cancer is now clear from a deadly disease to a disease that is prevented and detected easily.
Cervical cancer has four stages - phases 1 to 4. In this case, the phase 1 is the first (and least dangerous) and stage 4 is the most dangerous.
Stage 1 has two phases: Phase 1A and 1B of the stage. In the first phase, the survival rate of Cervical cancer is quite pleasant in 96-99%. Given that it's the first stage of your cancer experience, the cancer is still located and can be easily taken out by surgery. Phase 1B has some 80-90% rate of survival and they can be treated with a combination of surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
The stage 2, cancer has already proliferated to the surrounding tissue outside the uterus. In a period of five years, the survival rate of patients diagnosed during this stage Cervical cancer is significantly less than 65-69%. The treatment is the same with the previous stage, but dose and frequency of sessions of therapy and medicines may be greater.
In the majority of cases of cancer, it is dangerous to leave the cancer untreated until it reaches the third stage. It is because the prognosis at this stage is very poor and the survival rate of Cervical cancer is quite low in 40-43% even with enough chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
In the fourth stage of the disease, the cancer may have already affected organs distant as the pelvis, and even the intestines. Even with treatment, the percentage of survival is still in 15-20%.
Cervical cancer is also common among women with children and without and also women with sexually active or not. As the majority of cancers, direct and exact cause of cervical cancer it is unknown but is loosely related to the lifestyle of women, race, and even its socio-economic situation.
Preventive measures and detectives mostly suggested by the majority of doctors are half-yearly or annual Pap tests as soon as a woman begins in sex active or as soon as eighteen years of age.
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