Nurses Role in Cervical Cancer Prevention and Its Treatment - a Critical Review

It is inevitable that a cervical cancer prevention program will identify women with invasive cancer. Cervical cancer is often curable if detected and treated in its early stages: more than 80% of the women detected with early-stage disease can be cured with treatments such as surgery or radiotherapy. The purpose of this chapter is to provide basic information for the management team on the clinical and programmatic aspects of diagnosis and treatment of cervical cancer, including palliative care. The aims are to improve access to treatment and palliative care services and to establish and maintain effective linkages between prevention and treatment services, information systems, and cancer registries.