Participants may be eligible to participate in this study if they have been diagnosed with cervical cancer. Nursing and pregnant women are not permitted to participate. This study is being conducted to gain insight into the lymphatic drainage of cervical cancer.
Lymphatic drainage describes the movement of lymph in the body.
Lymph is a colorless fluid from the tissues of the body. Lymph ducts drain fluid from the tissues in the body and these ducts lead to lymph nodes. This is a possible way that cancer cells may travel to the lymph nodes. It is important that the lymph nodes to which the cancer cells may migrate are removed in treatment of the disease. If we can identify this node in this study, it can potentially improve treatment for this disease by giving the physician a guide as to the extent and focus for removing the nodes in surgery.