Cervical cancer:

The organ, which connects uterus and vagina is called cervix. It is a neck of the uterus. Os is an external organ of 5mm diameter and it is a lower end of cervix. During the childbirth it dilates to 10 cm and never regain former shape. After childbirth it get 7mm diameter. It is pink in colour in general time and bluish in pregnancy periods. Cancer that developed in tissues of cervix is called cervical cancer. It is slow growing cancer, which generally do not show any symptoms in primary stage. In the USA in 2009, 11,270 new cases of cervical cancer found and 4070 people died. Cervical cancer is second most popular cancer in women. It can be cured in diagnosed in early stage. Generally it is occurs between the age of 40 to 55. The surface layer of cervix is made up of two different types of cells in which one flat cells is called squamous cells and other tall gland cells columnar cells. This produces mucus. Both cells meet in transformation zone. This is an area where cancer arises. Cervical cancer can be cure but if it spread into vagina, uterus, bladder or rectum, it is difficult to cure.