Ute­ri­ne and cer­vi­cal can­cer

Early stages can only rarely be detected during a screening examination. However, the tumour becomes noticeable at an early stage through bleeding. Bleeding after the start of the menopause is therefore always suspicious. Abdominal pain almost always signifies an advanced stage of the disease.

The diagnosis is confirmed by scraping the uterus. This is supplemented by a computerised tomography scan of the abdomen.

Whenever possible, uterine cancer should be surgically removed. Patients with advanced tumour stages should then receive radiotherapy. Patients with inoperable tumours receive outpatient palliative chemotherapy to combat symptoms.