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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Nima Nasiri, M.D.[2]
Overview
Symptoms of cervical cancer depends upon the extend of cancer and organs involved by distant metastases,in early stage of disease, most women are asymptomatics. Most common symptoms include abnormal vaginal bleeding, vaginal discharge and pelvic pain.
History and Symptoms
Most women with cervical cancer have no symptoms when the disease is in its early stage, those patients with advanced stage of cervical neoplasia can have varieties of symptoms based on tumor metastasis to internal organs,most common symptoms and signs of cervical cencer include:[1][2][3]
- Abnormal vaginal bleeding
- Postmenopausal
- Intermenstrual
- Postcoital
- Bleeding after pelvic exam
- Abnormal vaginal discharge
- Pelvic pain
- Urinary hesitancy
- Dyspareunia
- Itching or burning of the vulva
- Fever
- Fatigue
- Abdominal pain
- Weight loss
- Anxiety and depression
References
- ↑ Kim SH, Kang S, Kim YM, Kim BG, Seong SJ, Cha SD, Park CY, Yun YH (August 2010). "Prevalence and predictors of anxiety and depression among cervical cancer survivors in Korea". Int. J. Gynecol. Cancer. 20 (6): 1017–24. doi:10.1111/IGC.0b013e3181e4a704. PMID 20683411.
- ↑ Donovan, Kristine A.; Boyington, Alice R.; Judson, Patricia L.; Wyman, Jean F. (2014). "Bladder and bowel symptoms in cervical and endometrial cancer survivors". Psycho-Oncology. 23 (6): 672–678. doi:10.1002/pon.3461. ISSN 1057-9249.
- ↑ Lim AW, Forbes LJ, Rosenthal AN, Raju KS, Ramirez AJ (November 2013). "Measuring the nature and duration of symptoms of cervical cancer in young women: developing an interview-based approach". BMC Womens Health. 13: 45. doi:10.1186/1472-6874-13-45. PMC 3835395. PMID 24219028.