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There are treatments for all patients with cervical cancer. Uses three kinds of treatment:

• Surgery (removing the cancer in an operation)
• Radiation therapy (high-energy radiation to kill cancer cells).
• Chemotherapy (drugs or “poison” to kill cancer cells).

The cancer can be removed using one of the following:

• Cryosurgery involves the removal of the cancer by freezing.
• The laser surgery is the use of a beam of intense light to kill cancer cells.
• Conization is the removal of a piece of fabric into a cone shape at the location of the abnormality. It is used for biopsies, but also for treatment of early cancers of the cervix.
• Electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) uses an electric current passes through a thin wire loop, which serves as a blade.
• A hysterectomy is an operation that removes the entire uterus, including the entire cervix and the cancer.

1. Histerectomia vaginal. The uterus is removed through the vagina.
2. Histerectomia abdominal. The uterus is removed through an incision in the abdomen. It may also be necessary to remove the ovaries and fallopian tubes (bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy).
3. Histerectomia radical is an operation that removes the cervix, uterus and part of the vagina. Also lymph nodes are removed from the area. (Lymph nodes are small structures in the form bean that is found throughout the body and they produce and store cells that fight infection).

• Exenteration if cancer has spread outside the cervix or the female organs, may be necessary to remove the lower colon, rectum or bladder (depending on the place where the cancer has spread) along with the cervix, uterus and vagina. The patient may need plastic surgery to form an artificial vagina (vaginoplasty) after this operation.

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