Can cervical squamous cell carcinoma be cured?

Generally speaking, the female cervix is ​​also an area prone to lesions, so every woman should pay attention to gynecological health issues. There are many types of cervical diseases. In addition to the more common cervicitis and cervical erosion, cervical cancer may also occur. There are many different types of cervical cancer. Can cervical squamous cell carcinoma be cured?

Cervical squamous cell carcinoma is usually divided into exophytic, endophytic, ulcerative, and endocervical types, and histologically divided into well-differentiated, moderately differentiated, and poorly differentiated. The peak age for the disease is middle-aged women aged 50-55, but in recent years the disease has tended to occur at a younger age. Although squamous cell carcinoma is very harmful, with the popularization of cervical cytology screening for women in recent years, cervical cancer and precancerous lesions can be detected and treated early, and the incidence and mortality of cervical cancer have dropped significantly.

Experts remind: Female patients should raise their awareness of cancer prevention in their lives and do regular cervical screening. Achieve early detection, early diagnosis and early treatment to prevent the occurrence of cervical cancer. An appropriate individualized treatment plan is formulated based on comprehensive considerations such as clinical staging, patient age, fertility requirements, general condition, medical technology level, and equipment conditions. The general principle is to adopt a comprehensive treatment plan with surgery and radiotherapy as the main treatment and chemotherapy as the auxiliary treatment.

1. Surgical treatment

Mainly used for patients with early cervical cancer. Commonly used surgical procedures include: total hysterectomy; subradical hysterectomy and pelvic lymph node dissection; radical hysterectomy and pelvic lymph node dissection; para-aortic lymph node resection or sampling. Young patients with normal ovaries can be preserved. For young patients who wish to preserve their fertility, cervical conization or radical tracheectomy is an especially feasible option in the early stages.

2. Radiation therapy

It is suitable for patients in the middle and late stages; early patients whose general condition is not suitable for surgery; preoperative radiotherapy for large cervical lesions; and adjuvant treatment for patients with high-risk factors found in pathological examination after surgical treatment.

3. Chemotherapy

It is mainly used for patients with advanced or recurrent metastasis. In recent years, surgery combined with preoperative neoadjuvant chemotherapy (intravenous or arterial infusion chemotherapy) has been used to shrink tumor lesions and control subclinical metastasis. It is also used for radiotherapy sensitization. Commonly used chemotherapy drugs include cisplatin, carboplatin, paclitaxel, bleomycin, ifosfamide, fluorouracil, etc.