SAN DIEGO -- The safety of non-radical approaches to surgery in early, low-risk cervical cancer gained additional support from a new prospective study, though fertility preservation with cone biopsy ...

The cervix is that part of the uterus (womb) that is partly protruding into the vagina and is visible to your doctor during an internal pelvic examination. The word 'cervix' is derived from the Latin ...

Early detection and modern treatments make cervical cancer one of the most preventable and treatable cancers. Newport Women’s ...

The patient is 44 years old, married for the past 20 years, with 3 teenage children. Before her first pregnancy, she had irregular periods. For the past 1 1/2 to 2 years, she has been getting only ...

A cone biopsy, or conization, is one of the methods used to cut out an area of the cervix for investigation, to exclude or treat cancer. Why is it done? A cone biopsy is performed if one or more smear ...

Cervical cancer is cancer that begins in the lining of the cervix, the lowest portion of the uterus which can be seen at the top of the vagina. It is the third most common type of cancer of the female ...

Cervical dysplasia is the presence of abnormal cells in the cervix. Cases are classified as mild, moderate or severe depending on the extent of abnormal cell growth. Although the precise cause of ...

Today, people facing cervical cancer have better treatment options than they did even a few years ago. If detected in the precancerous stage (dysplasia), cervical cancer can often be halted with a ...