A woman diagnosed with cancer of the cervix in pregnancy has the same chances of recovery as another woman of the same age with the same type and stage of cancer. So these cancers are not any more likely to spread than cervical cancers in women who aren’t pregnant. In fact early cervical cancer is commoner during pregnancy than in the general population. But this is probably because it’s picked up through smear tests which are often done in early pregnancy.
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