How long can you live with cervical cancer in the middle stage

Cervical cancer is a type of cancer. It is a disease with a relatively low incidence rate among women, but a relatively high mortality rate. If cervical cancer can be detected in the early stages, controlled and treated, the patient will be able to recover to a healthy state. So, how long can you live with mid-stage cervical cancer? Below, we will introduce you to the relevant knowledge about cervical cancer in detail!

1. How long can you live with mid-term cervical cancer?

Clinical experts point out that how long a patient can live has a lot to do with the patient's condition, constitution and treatment method. Surgery is the best treatment for patients with mid-term cervical cancer. However, surgery for cervical cancer may not completely remove the tumor. Residual tumors will continue to damage the body's tissues and organs, leading to recurrence of the disease. Therefore, many aspects must be considered when using this treatment method.

2. Surgical treatment of cervical cancer

It is one of the main means of treating cervical cancer, but not all cervical cancer patients can undergo surgery. In fact, only a small number of patients can undergo surgical treatment, and these patients are mainly those in the early stages. Specifically, stage I and stage IIa cervical cancer can be treated with surgery, and most patients can achieve good therapeutic effects. However, a small number of patients may experience tumor recurrence, metastasis, or even distant metastasis, such as lung metastasis, brain metastasis, etc.

3. Radiotherapy and chemotherapy for cervical cancer

Radiotherapy is also one of the main means of treating cervical cancer. It should be said that any stage of cervical cancer is suitable for radiotherapy, especially for those patients in the advanced stage. However, many patients have an inherent concept in their minds, that is, "the tumor must be removed." The actual situation is not the case. The effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy are treatment methods that have withstood the test of time, especially for early-stage patients, which can achieve considerable effects and results.

Chemotherapy is a widely used method for the treatment of cervical cancer and plays a vital role in the treatment of cervical cancer. Generally speaking, chemotherapy is mainly used for patients in the advanced stage and with distant metastasis; in addition, simultaneous treatment with radiotherapy can significantly enhance the killing effect of radiation on tumors and improve the effect of radiotherapy. In recent years, chemotherapy has been used as an early chemotherapy for cervical cancer. For some patients with early-stage cancer but large tumors who cannot undergo surgery, chemotherapy is used to shrink the tumor and then surgery is performed. Practice has proved that this method is feasible. For some other patients with advanced disease confined to the pelvic cavity, some doctors also use chemotherapy to shrink the tumor or even make it disappear. This is the so-called staged chemotherapy followed by cervical cancer cure surgery. This allows patients who originally had no chance of surgery to have the possibility of surgery, especially for young patients.