If you have cervical cancer that has penetrated further into the cervix you may have a radical hysterectomy(removal of your cervix and womb, nearby tissue and the top of your vagina), a hysterectomy with lymphadenectomy(removal of the lymph nodes in your pelvis), a hysterectomy with radiotherapy(destroy cancer cells with radiation) or a radical trachelectomy may be an option for some early cancers if you still want to have children. In this procedure your surgeon will remove most of your cervix, but leave enough behind so that it may be possible for you to have a baby. There is a slightly higher risk of treatment failure when trachelectomy is used in place of radical hysterectomy.

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