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What happens if cervical cancer goes untreated?

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 September 14, 2009 05:23 AM
I'm an RN. Having an annual Pap smear and HPV test is the best way to find cervical cancer in the early stages. (It can also monitor pre - cancerous cells).

The 5 year survival rate for cervical cancer treated in the early, localized stage is 90%. If left untreated, the cancer will spread and the 5 year survival rate drops to 50% or below depending on far the cancer has spread.

Please get treatment now!!


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September 14, 2009 11:57 PM
When I first became pregnant last year, I was about 6 weeks at the time and they did a pap then and that's when I found out I had HPV. I was told when the results for the pap came back that they found low-grade abnormal cells. They did a colposcopy just to take a look at what was going on, but they didn't take any biopsies.

My OB doctor, who delivered my daughter, told me that I should get paps every six months instead of every year just to make sure that things were O.K. and things were clearing themselves up. So I had a pap after I delivered which was 6 weeks after delivery and the cells were still low-grade. I went back again after 6 months and got another pap. The cells then turned into high-grade abnormal cells so they did another colposcopy but took two biopsies this time. No one told me what high-grade meant. I don't even know what to think. I know that the strain of HPV I have causes cervical cancer. What could high-grade mean?

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September 14, 2009 04:35 PM
If it goes untreated the disease will proceed higher stages . Apart from cervix it will affect distant organs like bladder ,liver, bones, kidneys brain resulting in uremia ,coma and death .

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