• New techniques for diagnosis and treatment of Cervix Cancer
  • Hadis Amani,1,*
    1. Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Rafsanjan University, Rafsanjan, Iran


  • Introduction: Cervix cancer is caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV). HPV is one of the most important sexually transmitted viruses in the world. Cervix cancer is the second leading cause of death among women after breast cancer. Also, this cancer is the 10th rank among all cancers of women and men.
  • Methods: In this research, the original English and Farsi articles in the databases Google Scholar Direct, Scopus Cochrane Library, PubMed Science and in Iran's database including SID and IranMedex since the year 2018-2020 were searched. To find HPV diagnosis articles, in the database Searching medical titles (MeSH) from the words: "human_risk high papillomavirus "HPV16" or "HPV18" and biosensor "piezoelectric method" or "optical method" or "electrochemical". "detection" and "colorimetric method" or "fluorescent method" or "diagnosis" was used together with the prepositions AND and OR.
  • Results: Cervix cancer diagnosis methods are colposcopy, biopsy,Ultrasound or intravaginal ultrasound, CT scan, IPV, PET, MRI and the new method of biosensors. To treat the method Surgery, radiotherapy, hormone therapy and chemotherapy are used.
  • Conclusion: Considering the high prevalence of Cervix cancer and the risks of contracting the virus HPV, early diagnosis and timely treatment of this disease to reduce the death rate And it is essential. The best diagnostic method is to use a Pap smear test It is for early detection of cancer and the best treatment method is surgery.
  • Keywords: Cervix cancer , human papillomavirus , death , CT scan