{"id":17547,"date":"2025-07-08T11:06:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T11:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/services\/cancer-care\/cervical-cancer\/"},"modified":"2025-07-08T11:06:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T11:06:21","slug":"cervical-cancer","status":"publish","type":"services","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/services\/cancer-care\/cervical-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"C\u00e1ncer de cuello de \u00fatero"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"grid\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 maincopy blogCore\">\n<h2>Southcoast Health: Un equipo de atenci\u00f3n para pacientes con c\u00e1ncer de cuello uterino en MA y RI<\/h2>\n<p>Cada a\u00f1o en Estados Unidos, m\u00e1s de 12.000 mujeres descubren que padecen c\u00e1ncer de cuello de \u00fatero. Aunque sol\u00eda ser la principal causa de muerte por c\u00e1ncer en las mujeres estadounidenses, la tasa de mortalidad por c\u00e1ncer de cuello de \u00fatero ha descendido m\u00e1s de 50% en los \u00faltimos 40 a\u00f1os. Esto se debe en gran medida a la mejora de las pruebas de detecci\u00f3n y al descubrimiento m\u00e1s precoz de los cambios cancerosos.<\/p>\n<p>En Southcoast Health, contamos con un galardonado <a href=\"http:\/\/live-southcoast-health.pantheonsite.io\/services\/cancer-care\/\">equipo oncol\u00f3gico<\/a> que conf\u00eda en el tratamiento de pacientes con muchos tipos de c\u00e1ncer, incluido el c\u00e1ncer de cuello uterino en Fall River y Fairhaven, MA. <a href=\"http:\/\/live-southcoast-health.pantheonsite.io\/doctors\/\">Encontrar un especialista<\/a> cerca de usted hoy mismo para concertar una consulta.<\/p>\n<h2>\u00bfQu\u00e9 es el c\u00e1ncer de cuello de \u00fatero?<\/h2>\n<p>Padecer c\u00e1ncer de cuello uterino significa tener c\u00e9lulas malignas en el cuello uterino, el cuello de tejido que conecta el \u00fatero y la vagina. Existen tres tipos diferentes de c\u00e1ncer de cuello uterino:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Carcinoma de c\u00e9lulas escamosas<\/strong> se forma en las c\u00e9lulas cervicales m\u00e1s pr\u00f3ximas a la vagina. Este tipo representa nueve de cada diez c\u00e1nceres de cuello uterino.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Adenocarcinoma<\/strong> comienza en las c\u00e9lulas de la gl\u00e1ndula cervical m\u00e1s pr\u00f3ximas al \u00fatero. Es el segundo tipo m\u00e1s frecuente.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Carcinoma mixto<\/strong> presenta caracter\u00edsticas de ambos tipos de c\u00e1ncer de cuello uterino y es mucho menos frecuente.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Factores de riesgo y causas<\/h2>\n<p>El c\u00e1ncer de cuello uterino casi siempre es consecuencia de una infecci\u00f3n previa por el VPH (virus del papiloma humano). Hoy en d\u00eda, las vacunas contra el VPH hacen que el c\u00e1ncer de cuello uterino sea una enfermedad altamente prevenible. Sin embargo, no todas las mujeres infectadas por el VPH desarrollar\u00e1n c\u00e1ncer de cuello uterino.<\/p>\n<p>Otros factores de riesgo del c\u00e1ncer de cuello uterino son<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Antecedentes familiares de c\u00e1ncer de cuello de \u00fatero<\/li>\n<li>Primer embarazo a t\u00e9rmino antes de los 17 a\u00f1os: el riesgo es el doble que el de las mujeres que esperaron hasta los 25 a\u00f1os.<\/li>\n<li>Uso prolongado de p\u00edldoras anticonceptivas: el riesgo disminuye despu\u00e9s de dejar de tomar la p\u00edldora.<\/li>\n<li>Embarazos m\u00faltiples a t\u00e9rmino - tres o m\u00e1s<\/li>\n<li>Tabaquismo: las mujeres que fuman tienen el doble de riesgo de desarrollar c\u00e1ncer de cuello de \u00fatero.<\/li>\n<li>Sistema inmunitario deprimido - debido al VIH o a f\u00e1rmacos inmunosupresores<\/li>\n<li>Los factores relacionados con el estilo de vida, como el sobrepeso y una dieta pobre en frutas y verduras, tambi\u00e9n pueden aumentar el riesgo.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>S\u00edntomas del c\u00e1ncer de cuello de \u00fatero<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/live-southcoast-health.pantheonsite.io\/services\/womens-health\/pap-smear\/\">Prueba de Papanicolaou<\/a> detecta la mayor\u00eda de los c\u00e1nceres de cuello uterino antes de que aparezcan los s\u00edntomas. De hecho, las pruebas de Papanicolaou detectan cambios precancerosos con mucha m\u00e1s frecuencia que los c\u00e1nceres de cuello uterino reales. Esto salva vidas porque los s\u00edntomas no suelen aparecer hasta que el c\u00e1ncer ha crecido e invadido los tejidos circundantes.<\/p>\n<p>Cuando aparecen s\u00edntomas de c\u00e1ncer de cuello de \u00fatero, los m\u00e1s frecuentes son:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sangrado vaginal anormal: despu\u00e9s de mantener relaciones sexuales, despu\u00e9s de la menopausia, entre menstruaciones o menstruaciones m\u00e1s largas o abundantes de lo habitual.<\/li>\n<li>Dolor al mantener relaciones sexuales<\/li>\n<li>Dolor p\u00e9lvico<\/li>\n<li>Flujo vaginal inusual<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Opciones de tratamiento del c\u00e1ncer de cuello de \u00fatero<\/h2>\n<p>El tratamiento depende del estadio del c\u00e1ncer de cuello de \u00fatero. Sus opciones de tratamiento para el c\u00e1ncer de cuello uterino en Southcoast Health pueden incluir:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/live-southcoast-health.pantheonsite.io\/services\/cancer-care\/chemotherapy-drug-therapy\/\">Quimioterapia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/live-southcoast-health.pantheonsite.io\/services\/cancer-care\/radiation-therapy-technology\/\">Radiaci\u00f3n <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/surgery\">Cirug\u00eda <\/a><\/li>\n<li>Terapia dirigida contra el c\u00e1ncer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Le ayudaremos a encontrar un plan de tratamiento personalizado que sea eficaz para tratar sus s\u00edntomas.<\/p>\n<p><em>A trav\u00e9s de los Centros Oncol\u00f3gicos de Southcoast Health, ofrecemos un tratamiento fiable para el c\u00e1ncer de cuello de \u00fatero en Fall River y Fairhaven, MA, as\u00ed como en las zonas circundantes.<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Southcoast Health: A Care Team for Patients with Cervical Cancer in MA &amp; RI Each year in the United States, over 12,000 women find out they have cervical cancer. 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