Treatments for Cervical Cancer

Treatment for cervical cancer will vary according to the abnormality or stage of cancer, but can range from laser ablation to cone biopsy, hysterectomy, or radiotherapy, or a combination of external beam and brachytherapy.

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Title:	Retinoids for preventing the progression of cervical intra-epithelial neoplasia
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	Cervix cancer is preceded by cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN). Surgery for CIN is effective at reducing the risk of subsequent invasive carcinoma. An effective chemo-preventive agent might avoid the need for surgery and reduce the cost and morbi...
Date:	Oct 2010

Title:	Cervical cancer treatment - myDr.com.au
Publisher:	myDr
Description:	Read all about your treatment options for cervical cancer.
Date:	Jul 2010

Title:	Surgery for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	Cervical pre-cancer (cervical intraepithelial neoplasia) can be treated in different ways depending on the extent and nature of the disease. Less invasive treatments that do not require a hospital stay may be used. A general anaesthetic is occasionally ...
Date:	May 2010

Title:	Interventions for preventing blood loss during the treatment of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	Surgery for pre-cancerous cervix lesions (cervical intraepithelial neoplasia) often causes significant bleeding during surgery or within 14 days. This review found that good surgical technique can reduce immediate blood loss and bleeding can also be red...
Date:	May 2010

Title:	Combined use of hyperthermia and radiation therapy for treating locally advanced cervix carcinoma
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	Cure of cervix carcinomas can be achieved by complete surgical removal of the tumour or destruction of the tumour or by means of radiation. If the tumour has grown beyond the boundaries of the cervix or has reached a size larger than 4 cm in diameter it...
Date:	Jan 2010

Title:	Neoadjuvant chemotherapy plus surgery versus surgery for cervical cancer
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	Around the world, cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women. Screening (with smear tests) has led to a decrease in the number of women with cervical cancer in some countries, but large numbers of women still die from the disease every ye...
Date:	Nov 2009

Title:	Reducing uncertainties about the effects of chemoradiotherapy for cervical cancer: individual patient data meta-analysis
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	Women with cervical cancer that is too big to be removed by surgery, or has spread to the tissues around the cervix (often called locally advanced cervical cancer) may be treated with radiotherapy (treatment with x-rays). They might also get chemothera...
Date:	Oct 2009

Title:	Primary surgery versus primary radiation therapy with or without chemotherapy for early adenocarcinoma of the uterine cervix
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	Early stage cervical cancer of the common type, squamous cell carcinoma, has the same prognosis after primary surgery or radiotherapy. For cervical cancer of the glandular cell type (adenocarcinoma) type we recommend surgery. Second best alternative for...
Date:	Oct 2009

Title:	Adjuvant radiotherapy and chemoradiation after surgery for cervical cancer
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	At present, doctors are not sure whether women with early cervical cancer who have had their womb and pelvic lymph nodes removed should be given radiotherapy. If the woman has a combination of certain risk factors which put her at high risk of having a ...
Date:	Jul 2009

Title:	Adjuvant platinum-based chemotherapy for early stage cervical cancer
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women. Disease control for women with operable cervical cancer with risk factors for recurrence such as lymph node metastasis, lympho-vascular space invasion, depth invasion more than 10mm, microsco...
Date:	Jan 2009

Title:	Concomitant hydroxyurea plus radiotherapy versus radiotherapy for carcinoma of the uterine cervix
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	No clear evidence to support using hydroxyurea with radiotherapy for locally advanced cervix cancer The orally-administered cytotoxic, hydroxyurea, may be given alongside radiotherapy for treating cervix cancer. Eight trials comparing concomitant hydrox...
Date:	Aug 2007

Title:	Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for locally advanced cervix cancer
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	Surgery, radiotherapy or sometimes both were the best treatments for locally advanced cervical cancer. This is cancer that has spread beyond the cervix (neck of the womb) into the surrounding tissues, such as the vagina, sides of the pelvis or nearby ly...
Date:	Feb 2006

Title:	Concomitant chemotherapy and radiation therapy for cancer of the uterine cervix
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	Evidence suggests giving chemotherapy and radiotherapy together improves overall survival, whether or not cisplatin was used. The effect appeared to be greater in trials including a high proportion of patients with early stage disease. Combined chemothe...
Date:	May 2005

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