From Incurable to Preventable, the Success Story of Cancer of the Uterine Cervix

Ismail Kazem

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From Incurable to Preventable, the Success Story of Cancer of the Uterine Cervix

Ismail Kazem

Published in Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics (Volume 10, Issue 4)

Received: 5 July 2022 Accepted: 20 July 2022 Published: 28 July 2022

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Abstract

Background: Until late 19th century, cancer of the uterine cervix was deemed incurable due to lack of effective treatment. With the introduction of anesthesia and disinfection surgical management was dared. Around 1895 Professor Wertheim of Vienna, introduced his technique of radical hysterectomy. Around that time X-rays was discovered in 1895 and radium in 1898. Both surgery and radiation therapy became available for the treatment of cervical cancer. Objective: Although in time both surgery and radiation therapy evolved with technical refinement as effective treatment, yet the major impact was in early diagnosis with the introduction of the pap smear cytology. More recently, the discovery of the relationship between human papilloma virus infection and cancer of the uterine cervix resulted in the development of an effective vaccine for preventing the disease. Conclusion: HPV vaccination has almost successfully prevented cancer of the uterine cervix in younger women.

Published in	Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics (Volume 10, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.jgo.20221004.13
Page(s)	183-185
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Keywords

Cancer of the Uterine Cervix, Hysterectomy, Human Papilloma Virus, Radiotherapy, Cancer Prevention

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