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  2. Cervical cancer survivors share their stories, encourage ...

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    In the majority of cases, HPV goes away on its own. But when it doesn’t, the virus can cause health issues, including cancer and genital warts, depending on the HPV type. Even if you are ...

  3. What you can do to prevent cervical cancer - AOL

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    After years of decline, cervical cancer rates are rising in some demographics in the United States — primarily low-income women and those in their 30s and 40s. If the disease spreads in the body ...

  4. Cervical cancer - Wikipedia

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    The Australian Cervical Cancer Foundation (ACCF), founded in 2008, promotes 'women's health by eliminating cervical cancer and enabling treatment for women with cervical cancer and related health issues, in Australia and in developing countries.' [174] Ian Frazer, one of the developers of the Gardasil cervical cancer vaccine, is the scientific ...

  5. New Cervical Cancer Treatment Improves Survival Rates ... - AOL

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    Results from a phase 3 clinical trial show promise for a new standard of care for treating people with advanced cervical cancer. The new treatment includes a combination of induction chemotherapy ...

  6. Neuroendocrine carcinoma of the cervix - Wikipedia

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    Like small-cell cancer in the lungs, the lymph nodes play a major role in spreading the cancer throughout the body. SCC begins in the inner part of the cervix and is very hard to diagnose. Due to the involvement of the lymph nodes , in its late and fatal stages, it can spread beyond the pelvic region to other organs.

  7. Cervix - Wikipedia

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    Cervical stenosis is an abnormally narrow cervical canal, typically associated with trauma caused by removal of tissue for investigation or treatment of cancer, or cervical cancer itself. [ 47 ] [ 59 ] Diethylstilbestrol , used from 1938 to 1971 to prevent preterm labour and miscarriage, is also strongly associated with the development of ...

  8. Cervical polyp - Wikipedia

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    A cervical polyp is a common benign polyp or tumour on the surface of the cervical canal. [2] They can cause irregular menstrual bleeding but often show no symptoms. Treatment consists of simple removal of the polyp and prognosis is generally good. About 1% of cervical polyps will show neoplastic change which may lead to cancer.

  9. Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia - Wikipedia

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    The cause of CIN is chronic infection of the cervix with HPV, especially infection with high-risk HPV types 16 or 18. It is thought that the high-risk HPV infections have the ability to inactivate tumor suppressor genes such as the p53 gene and the RB gene, thus allowing the infected cells to grow unchecked and accumulate successive mutations, eventually leading to cancer.