Simple Versus Radical Hysterectomy for Stage I Cervical Cancer

You will be asked to undergo a face to face interview. During the interview, you will be asked questions about your values and feelings about your health status. You will be shown a "feeling thermometer" and asked to rate how your health condition makes you feel. You will also be asked to rate how some of the risks of treatment of cervix cancer make you feel. You will be shown a "chance board" and asked to consider some of the possible outcomes of the disease and possible risks associated with the treatment of cervix cancer. You will be asked to consider the likelihood of achieving certain outcomes and of developing certain side effects due to the disease and/or treatment. The interview will take place in a private room in the clinic and should take around 20 minutes to complete.

This is an investigational study. As many as 96 women will participate in this study. Up to 48 women who are at high risk of developing cervix cancer and up to 48 women who have been diagnosed with cervix cancer will participate. All will be enrolled at M. D. Anderson.

Inclusion criteria

• Women who are at least 18 years of age.
• Women who speak English
• Women presenting to the Colposcopy Clinic in the Gynecologic Oncology Clinic at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center OR women with an established diagnosis of either Stage IA2 or IB1 cervix cancer treated with radical hysterectomy 3-24 months prior to presenting to the Gynecologic Oncology

Exclusion criteria

• Women who are not 18 years of age.
• Women who are non-English speakers.
• Women with a diagnosis of any type of cancer other than cervical cancer.
• Women who are currently pregnant.