TYPES OF CERVICAL CANCER
March 3rd, 2008 by Aaks
As cancer can occur to any part of the body it can affect any cells or tissues. When the cancerous cells develop in the cervix it is known as cervical cancer. as more and more fatalities are casued due to this disease the facts about cervical cancers are often been read in magazines, newspapers etc. the types of cervix cancer can be divided based on the cells or tissues attacked. This disease is causing many deaths worldwide. The cervix contains two types of cells. One is the glandular cells and the other is the epithelial cells. The consequences are the same for both the types. The malignant tumor that grows in the cervix differs according to the type of cancer he is facing.
Usually the disease does not spread rapidly. The disease is benign until it affects the other organs or other parts of the body. But the disease becomes more severe when it affects the other organs like liver, kidney, lungs etc. but once the disease becomes metastasic then the treatment of the cancer becomes difficult because all the cancerous cells have to be destroyed.
There are two types of cancers that affect the cervical part:
- squamous cell carcinoma:
these cells are present on the lining of the cervix. The cells that are affected from this cancer are the epithelial cells and the skin cells. Cancer basically originates from these cells. Hence this condition is referred as squamous cell carcinoma.
- adenocarcinoma:
this disease occurs rarely in a person and it accounts to be 5% to 10% of the total cases. The cancerous cells for this type of disease originate from the glandular secretary cells. These secretory glands secrete mucus fluid for the cervical region. The cells are affects and later they become cancerous in nature.
- Lymphoma;
The lymph nodes form the connective tissues in the body. When they are affected by cancer they spread the disease across the entire body. This form of cancer is very rare in cervical cancer and does not occur mostly.
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