If cervical cancer spreads
Cancer cells can spread from the cervix to other parts of the body. This spread is called metastasis.
Understanding how a type of cancer usually grows and spreads helps your healthcare team plan your treatment and future care. If cervical cancer spreads, it can spread to the following:
- the vagina
- the uterus
- nearby lymph nodes in the pelvis and back of the abdomen
- tissue and ligaments around the cervix and uterus
- the pelvis
- the bladder
- the rectum
- distant lymph nodes in the chest and above the collarbone
- the abdominal cavity
- the mediastinum
- the lungs
- the liver
- bone
mediastinum
The space in the chest between the lungs, breastbone and spine that contains the heart, great blood vessels, thymus, trachea (windpipe), esophagus and lymph nodes.
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