Types of Women's Cancer

At MacDonald Women's Hospital we provide advanced, interdisciplinary care for patients with gynecologic cancers. Meet our specialty team.

Our multidisciplinary resources from the Ireland Cancer Center enable our patients suspected or known to have gynecologic cancer to receive the newest diagnostic tests and treatments.

Types of Gynecological Caner

Gynecologic cancers—cervical, ovarian, uterine, vaginal and vulvar—affect approximately 80,000 women a year. Thanks to improved detection programs, new surgical procedures and innovative therapies, the survival rate for women with cancer continues to climb.

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Face pain may be dull and throbbing or an intense, stabbing discomfort in one or both sides of the face or forehead.
Review Date: 1/18/2007

This poisoning is from swallowing or breathing in face powder.
Review Date: 3/8/2006

A facelift is a surgical procedure to repair sagging, drooping, and wrinkled skin of the face and neck.
Review Date: 10/19/2007

Cranial mononeuropathy VII is a neurological disorder caused by damage to the seventh nerve in the skull (cranial nerve VII).See also: Bell's palsy
Review Date: 9/26/2006

Facial nerve palsy due to birth trauma is the loss of voluntary muscle movement in an infant's face due to pressure on the facial nerves just before or at the time of delivery.
Review Date: 10/11/2007

Facial paralysis is the total loss of voluntary muscle movement of one side of the face.
Review Date: 3/5/2007

Facial swelling is the build-up of fluid in the face. Swelling may also affect the neck and upper arms.
Review Date: 1/22/2007

A facial tic is a repetitive, spasmodic movement often involving the eyes and facial muscles.
Review Date: 11/21/2006

Facial trauma is any injury of the face and upper jaw bone.
Review Date: 8/3/2006

Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy is progressive muscle weakness and loss of muscle tissue. It mainly affects the face, shoulder, and upper arm muscles.See also: Muscular dystrophy
Review Date: 5/16/2007

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