For cervical cancer, in external radiation therapy, a machine is used to beam radiation into the body at the pelvis. In internal radiation, an implant containing radioactive material is inserted through the vagina into the cervix. External radiation is done on an outpatient visit, wherease internal radiation usually requires staying a few days in the hospital. A woman can expect to stop menstruating. Younger women with early stages of cervical cancer usually opt for surgery instead of radiation because of the effects of radiation on a woman's ovaries, and the likelihood that the vaginal tissues will shrink following radiation therapy.
Surgery is likely to cause less tightening of the vagina.
These surgeries are described as they are mentioned below. Back to Top Treatments by Stage Stage 0 Patients with noninvasive squamous lesions are usually treated with cyrosurgery, laser therapy, loop excision, or biopsy. These are the same tests that are used to diagnose pre-cancerous and cancerous cells in the cervix. In cryotherapy, the abnormal cervical tissue is frozen and destroyed. Laser therapy uses a carbon dioxide laser beam to remove the lesion.