Cervical cancer mortality

Cervical cancer is also a cancer disease problem caused by papillomavirus. As a contagious virus, papillomavirus has many different types in clinical medicine. After suffering from cervical cancer, patients need to go to the hospital in time and take appropriate measures for treatment under the guidance of a doctor, because the mortality rate of cervical cancer is relatively high. Let us now take a look at the mortality rate of cervical cancer.

1. Will cervical cancer kill people?

Cervical cancer can kill people. Whether the treatment of advanced cervical cancer is appropriate is the most important factor that determines how long you can live with advanced cervical cancer. Generally speaking, most advanced cervical cancers have already metastasized and cannot be surgically removed. Clinically, the treatments for advanced cervical cancer mainly include radiotherapy, chemotherapy and traditional Chinese medicine. The method of radiotherapy varies depending on the patient's specific situation, and is often combined with internal and external radiation. Chemotherapy is often combined with radiotherapy. Among various chemotherapy drugs, cisplatin is the most widely used and relatively effective drug for the treatment of advanced cervical cancer. It has the dual effects of chemotherapy drugs and radiosensitizers.

As the duration of chemotherapy increases, the toxicity of treatment gradually increases. Therefore, the chemotherapy drugs and duration should be determined based on tumor remission, symptom relief and treatment-related toxicity. In addition, in view of the toxic side effects of chemotherapy and radiotherapy on the human body, traditional Chinese medicine such as ginsenoside Rh2 can be combined with treatment in the treatment of advanced cervical cancer to enhance efficacy and reduce toxicity. For patients with advanced cervical cancer who have a wide range of metastasis, weak physical functions, and can no longer tolerate chemotherapy, traditional Chinese medicine can be used for conservative treatment. Although the short-term effect is not as obvious as chemotherapy, the long-term effect is good, and it is effective in improving the quality of life and prolonging survival.

2. Symptoms of cervical cancer

In the early stage of vaginal bleeding, it is mostly contact bleeding; in the middle and late stages, it is irregular vaginal bleeding. The amount of bleeding varies depending on the size of the lesion and the extent of invasion of interstitial blood vessels. If large blood vessels are invaded, massive bleeding may occur. Young patients may also experience prolonged menstruation and increased menstrual flow; elderly patients often experience irregular vaginal bleeding after menopause. Generally, vaginal bleeding symptoms appear earlier in the exogenous type and the amount of bleeding is heavy, while the symptoms appear later in the endogenous type.

Late-stage symptoms include different secondary symptoms depending on the extent of cancer involvement. Such as frequent urination, urgency, constipation, swelling and pain in the lower limbs, etc.; when the tumor compresses or involves the ureter, it can cause ureteral obstruction, hydronephrosis and uremia; in the late stage, there may be symptoms of systemic failure such as anemia and cachexia.

3. Metastasis pathways of cervical cancer

Direct spread is the most common, in which cancer tissue locally infiltrates and spreads to adjacent organs and tissues. It often affects the vaginal wall downwards, and rarely affects the vaginal cavity upwards from the cervical canal; when the cancer spreads to both sides, it can affect the paracervical and paravaginal tissues and even the pelvic wall; when the cancer compresses or invades the ureter, it can cause ureteral obstruction and hydronephrosis. In the late stage, it can spread forward or backward to invade the bladder or rectum, forming vesicovaginal fistula or rectovaginal fistula.

Lymphatic metastasis: After local infiltration, the cancer lesions invade the lymphatic vessels to form tumor thrombi, which are then drained into the local lymph nodes with the lymph fluid and spread in the lymphatic vessels. The first-level lymph node metastasis group includes parametrial, paracervical, obturator, internal iliac, external iliac, common iliac, and presacral lymph nodes; the second-level group includes deep inguinal lymph nodes, superficial inguinal lymph nodes, and para-aortic lymph nodes.

Hematogenous metastasis is less common, but in the late stage it may metastasize to the lungs, liver, or bones.