The treatment of cervical cancer varies with the stage of the disease. For early invasive cancer, surgery is the treatment of choice. In more advanced cases, radiation combined with chemotherapy is the current standard of care. In patients with disseminated disease, chemotherapy or radiation provides symptom palliation.
Prognosis:
Prognosis of cervical cancer depends on disease stage. In general, the 5-year survival rate for stage I disease is higher than 90%, for stage II is 60-80%, for stage III is approximately 50%, and for stage IV disease is less than 30%.
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