Posts Tagged ‘Cancer Cervix’
1. Women should have a breast examination by a doctor every three years after the age of 20, and every year after the age of 40, and self-examination every month. Also, a woman after the age of 40 should undergo mammography every 1-2 years. It is an ideal tool for detecting breast cancer while a [...]
Usually cervical cancers affect women that are their middle age or even older but it can be diagnosed in any reproductive-aged woman. Knowing the stages of the cancer is very important, for it is the most powerful predictor of the patient’s survival and for them to have proper treatments because the treatments are based on [...]
Today, doctors recommend that women get regular (at least annual) Pap smear tests done. There is a good reason. Cervical cancer is cancer that develops in tissues of the cervix. The cervix is the organ that connects the uterus and the vagina. Cancer of the cervix is usually very slow in growing, and sometimes there [...]
The cervix is the organ that connects the uterus and vagina in a woman’s body. Cervical cancer is a cancer that forms in the tissues of the cervix. Cervical cancer may not have symptoms that can be detected easily and is a slow growing form of cancer. It can be detected with regular Pap tests. [...]