Contents:
- Medical Video: Cervical Cancer Staging
- Stage 1 cervical cancer condition
- Then, what are the symptoms of early-stage cervical cancer that you can know?
- 1. Blood out of the vagina
- 2. The pelvis hurts
- 3. Excessive vaginal discharge
- 4. Difficulty defecating (BAB)
- Treatment of early-stage cervical cancer
- Operation
- Chemotherapy and radiotherapy
- How to prevent cervical cancer?
Medical Video: Cervical Cancer Staging
Cervical cancer is a cancer that causes many deaths in women in the world. Cervical cancer occurs when abnormal cells in the cervix grow out of control. In stage 0 (zero) to stage 1, cervical cancer can often be treated successfully when found early. Then, what happens to the body that has early stage cervical cancer? And what treatment can be done to treat stage 1 cervical cancer?
Stage 1 cervical cancer condition
Stage 1 cervical cancer is a stage of cancer where cancer cells are only in the cervical organs. In the world of medicine, stage 1 cervical cancer will be divided into stages 1A (1A1 and 1A2) and 1B (1B1 and 1B2).
At this stage, cancer cells have attacked the cervix but do not grow outside the uterus. Cancer cells have not spread to nearby lymph nodes or spread to more distant parts of the body. Also note that stage 1 cervical cancer is divided into several groups, namely:
IA Stadium: This is the initial form of stage 1. Small amounts of cancer cells have attacked the cervix and this can only be seen under a microscope. Stage 1A is further divided into:
- Stage IA1: Cancer cells have attacked the cervical tissue with a depth of <3 mm and have a width of <7 mm
- Stage IA2: Cancer cells are present in the cervical tissue with a depth of 3-5 mm and width <7 mm
IB Stadium: Cancer cells can be seen without the aid of a microscope. The size of cancer cells is greater than that of stage 1A, but still spreads only in cervical tissue. Stage 1B is divided into:
- Stage IB1: Cancer can be seen and has a size of ≤4 cm
- Stadium IB2: The cancer cell size is greater than 4 cm
Then, what are the symptoms of early-stage cervical cancer that you can know?
1. Blood out of the vagina
If you suddenly bleed or blot the blood from the vagina, even though at that time you were not in your menstrual period, then it could be the initial symptom of stage 1 cervical cancer. Usually, this bleeding occurs after you have sex.
2. The pelvis hurts
Do you feel pain or pain in the pelvic area? If so, don't underestimate the pain. Pain in the pelvic area when entering menstruation may be normal. But if you feel it when you do it sex with a partner, the pelvic pain that you feel is abnormal and can be an early symptom of cervical cancer.
3. Excessive vaginal discharge
In fact, vaginal discharge is normal and must be produced by the vagina in every woman - except when experiencing a certain health condition. However, there are times vaginal discharge the miss V released was abnormal and showed a health disorder. Beware if there is abnormal vaginal discharge such as smelling and suppuration.
4. Difficulty defecating (BAB)
Even changes in BAB schedule can be a symptom of a disease, including cervical cancer. Note, whether you have recently become difficult to defecate. Because, this condition might indicate that you have cervical cancer. If cervical cancer has grown large enough, a cancerous lump can suppress your intestines and make it difficult for you to defecate.
Treatment of early-stage cervical cancer
Operation
Surgery for early or early stage cervical cancer is usually in the form of removal of the cervix and uterus (hysterectomy). For some very early cervical cancers, it is possible that only a large portion of the cervix. With not all parts of the cervix removed, women still have the possibility of getting pregnant and giving birth afterwards, this is called a radical trachelectomy.
Chemotherapy and radiotherapy
For some of the larger early cancers (stage 1B or stage 2A), your doctor may recommend chemoradiotherapy first. You have external radiotherapy in 5 days (weeks), for about 5 weeks.
Your doctor may also recommend that you run internal radiotherapy (brachytherapy) at the end of your course. During radiotherapy, you also have chemotherapy once a week or once in 2 or 3 weeks. This depends on the chemotherapy drugs you have.
How to prevent cervical cancer?
Actually, it is rather difficult to know and recognize the initial symptoms of cervical cancer, because usually at a very early stage, this disease does not cause any signs. Therefore, you should do it PAP smear periodically, because with the tool can be seen and detected if abnormal cervical cell activity occurs. So, cervical cancer can be prevented.
Besides that, you also need to do it HPV vaccination (Human Papilloma Virus) so as not to contract cervical cancer later on. HPV infection is known to be 99% of the causes of cervical cancer. This virus not only spreads through sexual intercourse but also from touch (skin to skin contact). If you have other sexually transmitted diseases, the risk of getting this virus is also quite high.
