Cervical biopsies can be painful. Pain levels depend on several factors, including the type of biopsy and whether doctors administer pain relief during the procedure. A cervical biopsy involves ...

You know the drill when it comes to Pap smears: Don the paper gown, slide to the edge of the table, etc. But what if, after an abnormal Pap smear, your doctor says they need to do a cervical biopsy?

A cervical biopsy is a procedure that involves taking a small sample of tissue from the cervix to check for signs of cancer. Depending on the type of biopsy, it can also remove precancerous cells and ...

Cold knife cone biopsy is a surgical procedure used to remove tissue from the cervix. The cervix is the narrow part of the lower end of the uterus and terminates in the vagina. Cold knife cone biopsy ...

Your cervix is the small opening at the bottom part of your uterus, or womb, that connects your vagina and your womb. A cone biopsy is a minor surgery to remove a cone-shaped piece of your cervix. A ...

SINCE cancer in its early stage is a localized lesion, successful treatment depends on complete surgical removal of the diseased tissue or its complete destruction by adequate radiation. The diagnosis ...

A 29-year-old African woman, gravida 3 para 1, was referred at 16 weeks of gestation with a polypoid hemorrhagic cervical lesion, with low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion on cervical cytology.

Irregular or abnormal bleeding is often dismissed as a minor hormonal issue, but it can be one of the earliest warning signs of cervical abnormalities, including cervical cancer. Bleeding between ...

In most solid tumors, including cervical cancer, the spread of cancer cells via the lymphatics to regional lymph nodes is an important early event in metastatic disease. 1, 2 Nodal metastasis is a key ...

Background A 28-year-old Hispanic gravida 1 was found to have a 4–5 cm cervical mass when she presented at 23 weeks gestation. On pelvic examination, the tumor was shown to encompass the entire ...

You might have a cone biopsy if you have symptoms that could be caused by cervical cancer. It's also a treatment for abnormal cervical cells picked up through cervical screening. The abnormal cells ...