What is cervical cancer, and is there a cure for it?

can anyone please tell me the details of cervical cancer, that would REALLY help me, if you give me good information on it and in detail or whatever you'll get 10 points, or whatever points the best answer gets THANK YOU!

everyone here means well, but no one has given you good information. I am a cervical cancer survivor, I had cancer cells removed from my cervix (the opening to the uterues). I still have my cervix & utereus and I didn't have to have chemo or radation( radation is preferred for cervical cancer NOT chemo)

not all cervical cancers are caused by HPV. I get tested all the time, and have not once come back positive for HPV

It is cancer of the womb.That is why we need to get pap smears once a year.If caught early there's a good chance of recovery.
It's not cancer of the womb, the womb is the uterus. Cervical cancer is just like any cancer, there isn't a cure. However, precancer cells are 100% curable. Cancer can be treated, not cured. It can also go into remission though. It is treated by radiation, chemo, and possibly surgery.
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There is no cure for cancer. Cure implies no recurrence. Oncologist prefer the word "remission. Treatment may achieve indefinite remissions.

As for cervical cancer, the primary treatment is surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy. Obviously, if caught early before spread, the prognosis is much better.

There is alot of information about cervical cancer. So, what specific details do you want to know about cervical cancer?
Cervical cancer consists of abnormal cells found in your cervix. They may be invasive epithelial cells or ascus which are atypical squamous cells that are of an unknown cause. You can get cervical cancer by the HPV virus which is related to genital warts. Cervical cancer has vague symptoms, the most prominent is bleeding between periods or after sexual intercourse. A pap smear can detect abnormal cells in early stages, sometimes called dysplasia which is highly treatable. Cervical cancer is also treatable and has a good prognosis when caught early. most physicians are also including an HPV test along with the pap smear as a means of preventative measures against cervical cancer.
Most cervical cancer is caused by a contagious virus -- HPV.

Cancer is not contagious but the virus that causes cervical cancer is highly contagious.

It's estimated that 80-90% of the population is infected with HPV.

Most of those infected with HPV do NOT get cancer. There's seems to be other factors that must be involved for the body to not fight off the virus on its own -- which most do. There is hundreds of HPV virus strains, with 30 or so of them more likely to cause cancer.

The new vaccine that's out for HPV is in hot debate as to it's safety and effectiveness. It does not protect against all types of HPV that may cause cancer and side effects over a long period of time are unknown.

HPV cannot be prevented by condom use since the virus also resides on the skin and surrounding hair, so one does not have to have intercourse to contract HPV. Contact with the skin or hair can transmit the virus.

Pre-cancer stages can be picked up by HPV "pap" tests. These are different than the regular pap tests and usually must be requested. There is an additional charge for this test, but it will test the DNA of the HPV virus to discover if it is a strain more likely to cause cervical cancer.

The staging of pre-cancer cells is CIN 1, CIN 2. CIN 3 is actual cancer contained in that spot. CIN 1 is precancer cells on the lining of the cervix. CIN 2 is precancer cells that have penetrated through half or more of the cervical lining and it's taken very seriously since it shows the precancer cells are advancing deeper.

If CIN 1 is discovered it is usually lasered off the surface of the cervical lining. CIN 2 requires a cone biopsy or other, since lasering the surface will not kill the cancer cells that have advanced deeper into the lining. In some cases where it's aggressive or if another form of cancer is already existing, the treatment for CIN 2 is removal of the cervix (as in my case). CIN 3 treatment may be removal and/or chemo and radiation combined, with follow up biopsies and scans over the next several years.

Those with cervical cancer also have an increased risk for anal cancer and other types of vulvar or vaginal cancer. Long term follow up testing is extremely important.

Some precancer cells never develop into cancer, or it can take months or years to silently develop. Normally there is no symptoms in the early stages of cervical cancer, so testing is very important to catch it early when it is still very treatable and before it has advanced to surrounding nodes.

For more info on risks, screening, diagnosis, and treatment, see the link below.

All the best to you.