Can pelvic cancer metastasize?

Pelvic cancer is a common and frequently occurring gynecological tumor in women. To prevent the occurrence of pelvic cancer, gynecological diseases must be treated in a timely manner. In particular, the treatment of pelvic inflammation and pelvic effusion is of great significance for the prevention of pelvic cancer. Pelvic cancer also brings great pain to patients. Generally speaking, pelvic cancer is more curable the earlier it is detected. If you wait until the late stage of pelvic cancer, it will be more likely to metastasize. Let’s look at the symptoms of pelvic cancer and try to detect and treat it early.

Early symptoms of pelvic cancer:

(1) Bleeding. Irregular vaginal bleeding is the main symptom of endometrial cancer, usually light to moderate bleeding. In postmenopausal women, it often presents as continuous or intermittent vaginal bleeding. Some patients only present with a small amount of bloody vaginal discharge after menopause. In late-stage patients, bleeding may be mixed with rotten meat-like tissue.

(2) Vaginal discharge. Some patients have varying degrees of vaginal discharge. In the early stage, it may manifest as a thin white secretion or a small amount of bloody leucorrhea. If it is accompanied by infection or necrosis of the cancerous foci, there may be purulent secretions with a peculiar smell. Sometimes there is tissue in the vaginal discharge.

(3) Pain. Cancer and the bleeding or infection it causes can stimulate uterine contractions and cause paroxysmal lower abdominal pain. Postmenopausal women have poor drainage of uterine secretions due to cervical stenosis, and secondary infection leads to uterine cavity pyometra. Patients may experience severe lower abdominal pain and fever.

(4) Abdominal mass. Early endometrial cancer generally cannot be felt as an abdominal mass.

(5) In the late stage of other tumors, infiltration and compression of the iliac blood vessels can cause edema and pain in the ipsilateral lower limb; infiltration and compression of the ureter by the lesions can cause hydronephrosis of the ipsilateral renal pelvis and ureter, and even lead to renal atrophy; persistent bleeding can lead to secondary anemia; long-term tumor consumption can lead to systemic failure manifestations such as weight loss, fever, and cachexia.