If you are diagnosed with cervical cancer, your physician(s) will discuss the best treatments with you.

Treatment options depend on the following:

    * The stage of the cancer.
    * The size of the tumor.
    * Your age.
    * Your desire to have children.

Treatment typically involves one or more of the following:

    * Surgery to remove the uterus (hysterectomy). However, for young women with small tumors, minimally invasive surgery that preserves the ability to have children may be an option. This procedure is called "radical vaginal trachelectomy with laparoscopic pelvic lymphadenectomy."

    * Radiation therapy, in which high-energy x-rays or other types of radiation are used to kill the cancer cells. Radiation therapy can be delivered using a machine positioned outside the body to bombard the cancer, or through a radioactive substance sealed in a wire, catheter or other device and then placed in the body in or near the cancerous area.