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Cervical Cancer Treatment
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.
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