Cervical Cancer

WHAT IS CERVICAL (CERVICAL) CANCER?

The cervix, the lower part of the uterus, connects the uterus and vagina. Also, the cervix, as the cervix Decongests, plays an important role in allowing the passage of fluids between the uterus and the vagina. At the same time, during childbirth, it allows the baby to pass through the vagina and leave the uterus. Every year, 500 thousand new uterine cancer diagnoses are made in the world. Cervical cancer, which usually occurs around the age of 50, has also started to occur in young women in recent years.

The HPV virus (“Human Papilloma Viruses” ), which is responsible for all cervical cancers, does not show many symptoms and is highly contagious. Most women defeat the HPV virus they encounter at some point in their lives with the help of their own body defense system. Some HPV viruses, on the other hand, come out strong from this defense system and can cause cervical cancer.  Taking measures to protect against the HPV virus that causes the disease and having regular health checks and screenings helps to detect the disease before it occurs or at an early stage of the disease and to succeed in treatment.

HOW IS CERVICAL CANCER TREATMENT PERFORMED?

Genital warts caused by HPV virus infection can be treated by burning, freezing, surgery or with the help of local creams. The disappearance of the wart as a result of this treatment does not mean that it will not appear again. While December warts do not recur after treatment in some people; others may experience wart formation again at frequent intervals. The treatment should be repeated for each new wart formation. The risk of recurrence of genital warts is linked to how strong the immune system is or is not.  It is known that in HPV virus infections, a person can spontaneously eliminate the virus from his body without treatment.

Surgical intervention, radiation therapy and chemotherapy methods are used in the treatment of cervical cancer alone or in combination with each other.  If the precancerous lesion (CIN 2-3) has not passed into the depth of the tissue, the area it holds in the cervix can be determined by colposcopy. By removing the area by surgical method, the area that may become cancerous is eliminated and a high rate of improvement is achieved in the patient. With a simple surgical procedure, the patient can be discharged on the same day. If the cancer has become invasive, that is, if it has penetrated deep into the tissue, there are two treatment options. In this case, a “radical hysterectomy” is performed, which is a difficult operation that will take a wide range and a long time. At the same time, they are also removed because cancer cells hold the lymph nodes in the pelvic area. An alternative is chemo-radiation therapy; cancer cells in that area are sensitized to radiation with a chemotherapy drug, then radiation therapy is applied to the patient and follow-up is continued. If it is at a late stage, chemotherapy is given, but the recovery rate in these patients decreases significantly.