Most cases of cervical cancer are found in women younger than 50. It rarely develops in women younger than 20. Many older women do not realize that the risk of developing cervical cancer is still present as they age. About 20% of cervical cancers are found in women older than 65. These cancers, however, rarely occur in women who have been getting regular tests for cervical cancer before they were 65. Even in 21^st century, cervical cancer remains in one among the top affecting Indian women.

Most cervical cancers begin in the cells in the transformation zone i.e. endo and ecto cervix. These cells do not suddenly change into cancer. Instead, the normal cells of the cervix first gradually develop pre-cancerous changes that turn into cancer. Doctors use several terms to describe these pre-cancerous changes, including cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN), squamous intraepithelial lesion (SIL), and dysplasia. These changes can be detected by the Pap test and treated to prevent cancer from developing.

Types of cervical cancer:

Cervical cancers and cervical pre-cancers are classified by how they look under a microscope. The main types of cervical cancers are squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma.

Most (up to 9 out of 10) cervical cancers are squamous cell carcinomas. These cancers develop from cells in the ectocervix and the cancer cells have features of squamous cells under the microscope. Squamous cell carcinomas most often begin in the transformation zone (where the ectocervix joins the endocervix). •

•Cancer treatment involves the medical part and the after care. After care not only means follow up but in addition means re-establishing approximately to pre-treatment normalcy state. As cancer surgeries, chemotherapy and radiation can make a patient physically, vocationally or functionally debilitated, rehabilitation is of utmost important.

•Definition: •Rehabilitation is defined as action of restoring someone to health or normal life through training, therapy or intervention after illness or definitive treatment. •This term was originally used for addicted or imprisoned individuals.

Allopathic medicine, or allopathy, refers to science-based, modern medicine, such as the use of medications or surgery to treat or suppress symptoms or the ill effects of disease. There are regional variations in usage of the term.

Cancer is when the cells start to grow out of control. The cancer cells keep on growing and making new cells. They crowd out normal cells. This causes problems in the part of the body where the cancer started. Cancer cells can also spread to other parts of the body.