Stage I Cancer involves the cervix but has not spread nearby. Cancer cells may have spread to the lower part of the vagina. Stage IV Cancer has spread to other parts of the body. It may come back in the cervix or in another place. There are treatments for all patients with cancer of the cervix.
Laser surgery is the use of a narrow beam of intense light to kill cancerous cells.
Conization may be used to take out a piece of tissue for biopsy, but it can also be used to treat early cancers of the cervix. LEEP uses an electrical current passed through a thin wire loop to act as a knife. A laser beam can also be used as a knife to remove the tissue. A hysterectomy is an operation in which the uterus and cervix are taken out along with the cancer. If the uterus is taken out through the vagina, the operation is called a vaginal hysterectomy.