Can cervical cancer be cured?

Depending on the type and stage of your cancer, you may need more than one type of treatment. For the earliest stages of cervical cancer, either surgery or radiation combined with chemo may be used. For later stages, radiation combined with chemo is usually the main treatment. Chemo (by itself) is often used to treat advanced cervical cancer. read more

Sixteen percent or fewer women with stage IV cervical cancer survive five years. Health care providers who treat cancer often use the term"remission" rather than"cure." Although many women with cervical cancer recover completely, medical professionals sometimes avoid the word"cure," because the disease can recur. read more

It can take 10 to 15 years for cervical cancer to develop in the body. Precancerous cells are detected in this time via Pap smears or an HPV test. If precancerous cells begin to become cancerous, treatment options are limited because the cells and abnormal growths are too small to see. read more

Sixteen percent or fewer women with stage IV cervical cancer survive five years. Health care providers who treat cancer often use the term "remission" rather than "cure." Although many women with cervical cancer recover completely, medical professionals sometimes avoid the word "cure," because the disease can recur. read more