Cervical Flashcards
What is the most common cervical cancer?
squamous cell carcinoma
What is the pathophysiology?
Columnar of cervix changes to squamous of vagina (metaplasia)
What happens if the swabs reveal changes?
Referral to colposcopy for diagnosis
What are the risk factors?
Sexual promiscuity - HPV
HPV and anything that stops it being eradicated (HIV, smoking)
What are the symptoms?
Post menopausal bleeding
Intermenstrual or post coital bleeding in pre menopausal
Vaginal discharge
How does it tend to spread?
Mass effect to surrounding tissue
How could it be prevented?
Safe sex
Vaccines now given to 12/13 year olds
How does it rank in gynae cancers?
Most common in the world
When is it common?
20s and 60s
What TNM is not useful for this cancer?
N due to mass effect
How is it diagnosed?
Screening, colposcopy, biopsy
Cervical intraepithelial neoplasis (CIN)
