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Like all other cancers, there may not be symptoms in the early stages of cervical cancer.
As the cancer advances, indications begin to appear.
When the cancer spreads out of cervix into surrounding tissue and organs, it can elicit a range of other symptoms, including,
Getting routine whole body checkup helps in tracking the health. Such screenings can help in detecting serious conditions like cervical cancer which do not show any sign or symptom until advanced stages. Healthcare providers like Indus Health Plus offer various health checkup packages to cater to the need of the vast majority of the people. For any inquiry, fill the given form and our team will contact you.
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Cancer in the cervix (mouth) of uterus is called cervical cancer. The uterus (also known as the womb) is where the baby grows during pregnancy.
Cervical cancer is the number 1 cancer death cause in Indian women. It is more prevalent in lower socio-economic women.
While there could be several factors putting women at risk for cervical cancer but for almost all cervical cancer cases the cause remains to be an infection from human papillomavirus (HPV).
Thankfully, not all infections with HPV cause cervical cancer. Most women get the HPV infection in their lifetime but the infectivity gets cleared on their own in some years. So for a full blown cervical cancer, other risk factors have a major role to play in culminating it to develop it as a cancerous disease.
Cervical cancer is the cancer of cervix (mouth of uterus) most commonly caused by HPV (human peppilomavirus). If the cancer is suspected and results of biopsy and other tests confirm the diagnosis of cervical cancer, the treating physician will order some more tests to find out the type and extent of cancer you have and metastasis (spread of cancer cells to other parts of the body) has set in?
The earlier cervical cancer gets detected, more likely it is to be successfully treated. Women must begin cervical cancer screening at age 21, if they are sexually active by that time.
Yes - you CAN prevent cervical cancer!!
Thankfully, cervical cancer is among one such cancers which can be easily detected at an early stage and therefore have a higher rate of survival. Though not 100% fool proof, but regular cervical screening in every 3-5 years is the best way to detect abnormal changes within the cells of the cervix.
As we know, Regular screening checkups are aimed at detecting cancer at an initial stage, when it is more curable and to look for changes which could become cancerous if not treated.
Globally, cervical cancer is the 2nd most leading cancer in females. It is mainly caused by a virus called Human Papillomavirus (HPV). We will look at how and why cervical cancer is such a huge threat and also get to know some important facts related to it.
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