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Cervical Screening Flashcards

1
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What percentage of human cancers are caused by viruses?

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12%

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2
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What viruses are associated with the development of cancer?

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HPV
HIV
EBV
HBV

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When do most people pick up HPV?

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In late teens/early 20s, peak prevalence 15-25 years

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4
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Why does prevalence of HPV decline with age?

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Due to body clearing the virus, cervix maturing and less susceptible to changes, and reduced number of exposures to people with HPV

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5
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What is the overall prevalence of HPV?

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10%

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What is the prevalence of HPV in young women?

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30%

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7
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What is the lifetime risk of exposure to HPV?

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Up to 75% (from serological studies)

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8
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What cancers is HPV implicated in?

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Cervix 
Penis 
Vulva/vagina 
Anus 
Mouth 
Oropharynx
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9
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Why does there need to be some break in the epithelium in order for HPV to infect the basal cells?

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HPV can only infect basal cells and the basal layer is usually protected by an epithelial layer

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10
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When can HPV disrupt normal cell division and cause pre-cancerous changes?

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If it becomes integrated in the nucleus

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What percentage of people with HPV will clear the virus with their normal immune system?

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90%

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12
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What can persistent HPV infection result in?

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Viral lesions (CIN1, CIN2 or CIN3) 
CIN1 lesions may regress, remain unchanged or progress to CIN2, CIN3 or cervical cancer
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13
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In what percentage of patients aged 15-34 years and 35+ years is regression to CIN1 to dysplasia estimated to occur?

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65% in 15-34 year olds

40% of patients aged 35 or older

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14
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How long does it take most low-grade SIL to clear?

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6-12 months

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15
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What is primary prevention and secondary prevention of HPV?

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Primary prevention with immunisation

Secondary prevention with cervical screening

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16
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What is the UK HPV immunisation programme?

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Introduced September 2008
Girls born after 1st September 1990 are offered bivalent vaccine HPV16/18
From September 2012 - quadrivalent vaccine HPV 16/18/6/11
From September 2014 - 2 dose regime

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17
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What is the additional benefit of the high uptake of HPV immunisation in Scotland?

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Herd immunity

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18
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Immunisation against HPV reduces the risk of what cancers?

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CIN and cervical cancer

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19
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What countries have the highest uptake of HPV vaccination?

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Countries with the lowest rates of cervical cancer are those with the highest uptake of the vaccination

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20
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What is opportunistic screening of HPV?

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When a smear test is offered by chance to a woman coming into surgery/clinic for another reason

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21
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When was organised screening brought in?

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1989-1991

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22
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What is the process of the Scottish Cervical Cell Recall System?

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Smear taker enters request details on to SCCRS database
Vials sent to lab, receipt logged on SCCRS
Patient details received from SCCRS, vials processed, slides stained and screened
Cytology lab results put on SCCRS database
SCCRS creates colposcopy referral
Woman and GP receive results

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23
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At what ages are screening samples for cervical cancer taken?

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Women aged 25-64 years
3 yearly smears up to age 50
5 years from age 50

(liquid based cytology)

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24
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What is cervical cytology?

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Microscopic detection of abnormal squamous cells that are suggestive of underlying cervical intraepithelial neoplasia
Identify women that have no abnormality and those requiring further investigation

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25
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What is the method of staining used for cervical samples?

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Papanicolaou method (PAP)

26
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What percentage of cervical samples are normal?

27
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What percentage of cervical samples are unsatisfactory and what percentage are abnormal?

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2.5% unsatisfactory

9% abnormal

28
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What is the normal cytology of the cervix?

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Squamous epithelial cells 
Other cells - glandular, inflammatory 
Benign nuclear features 
- small
- uniform size and shape 
- fine regular chromatin, evenly distributed
29
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What are the features of abnormal cytology of the cervix (dyskaryosis)?

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Abnormal cells may be few
Nuclear features
- increased size and nuclear:cytoplasmic ratio
- variation in size, shape and outline
- coarse irregular chromatin
- nucleoli
Graded low or high grade dyskaryosis - reflects degree of underlying CIN

30
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What percentage of dyskaryosis is low grade and high grade?

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8% low grade (and borderline nuclear abnormality)

1.4% high grade

31
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What is the cytology management?

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If normal - routine recall at 3 years
BNA and low grade dyskaryosis - repeat in 6 months
High grade dyskaryosis - refer to colposcopy

32
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What is done in the first visit to colposcopy?

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Counselling 
Colposcopy 
Magnification and light to see cervix 
Exclude obvious malignancy 
Use of acetic acid/iodine 
- identify limits of lesion and size 
- select biopsy site
- define area to treat
33
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What are the options for management of an abnormality found in colposcopy?

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Punch biopsy to make diagnosis
Return for treatment if CIN2/3
See and treat at first visit if patient is OK with this

34
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What is the histology of the transformation zone in HPV infection?

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Glandular lining cells of exposed endocervical epithelium transformed into squamous cells - squamous metaplasia
Site of HPV infection
Where precancerous changes (CIN) arise

35
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What is the histology of HPV?

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Koliocytosis
Cells with wrinkled nucleus and perinuclear halo
Multinucleation

36
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What is the histology of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia?

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Abnormal proliferation of cells in the squamous epithelium - cervical intraepithelial neoplasia

Neoplastic or undifferentiated cells fill the full thickness of the epithelium and no normal differentiated cells seen - CIN 3

Undifferentiated cells occupy 2/3rd of the thickness and only top layers show maturation to medium sized cells - CIN 2

Undifferentiated cells only occupy lowest 1/3 of epithelium and surface cells can mature to large flat cells - CIN 1

37
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What are the risk factors for cervical cancer?

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HPV, particularly types 16 and 18 
Early age at first intercourse 
Multiple sexual partners
Prolonged oral contraceptive use
Cigarrete smoking 
STDs
Immunodeficiency 
Persistent infection 
Viral DNA integration in host cell genome, over expression of viral E6 and E7 proteins, deregulation of host cell cycle
38
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What is cervical intraepithelial neoplasia a precursor of?

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Invasive cancer

Disarray in the arrangement of the cells within the epithelium, variation in cellular size and shape, nuclear enlargement, irregularity, hyperchromatism

39
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What are the grades of severity of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia?

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CIN 1
CIN 2
CIN 3

40
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What percentage of CIN 3 progress to invasive cancer?

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20-30% over 10-20 years if untreated

41
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What does malignant change in the squamous cells of transformation zone of cervix result in?

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Squamous carcinoma

42
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What is the treatment of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia?

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LLETZ - large loop excision of the transformation zone
Cold coagulation
Laser ablation

43
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What are the functions of follow-up after treatment of CIN?

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To confirm that treatment was effective - residual disease within 2 years
To prevent invasive cancer - recurrent disease in 5% after 3-5 years, detect occasional cancer
To reassure the woman

44
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What follow up should be done after treatment of CIN?

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Increased risk of cervical cancer compared with normal population
Follow up LBC at 6 months for cytology and high risk HPV
If both negative, return to recall
If either are positive, return to colposcopy

45
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What are the aims of cervical screening?

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Reduce risk of cervical cancer
Detect cervical dyskaryosis
Detect CIN
Prevent cervical cancer

46
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How many cases of cervical cancer are there per year in the UK?

47
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How many deaths are there due to cervical cancer per year in the UK?

48
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What is the peak age of cervical cancer?

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45-55 years

49
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What are the risks for cervical cancer?

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HPV 
Multiple sexual partners 
Early age at first intercourse
Older age of partner 
Cigarrete smoking 
More deprived women more at risk
50
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What are the symptoms of cervical cancer?

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Abnormal vaginal bleeding 
Post-coital bleeding 
Intermenstrual bleeding/PMB 
Discharge 
Pain
51
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How is cervical cancer diagnosed?

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Clinical presentation
Screening
Biopsy

52
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How is cervical cancer staged?

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EUA - especially rectal
PETR-CT
MRI

53
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What are the functions of radical hysterectomy?

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Exploration of pelvic and para-aortic space
Removal of;
- uterus, cervix, upper vagina 
- parametria
- pelvic nodes

Ovaries conserved

54
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What is the treatment of cervical cancer?

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Radiotherapy - external beam x 20 fractions
Chemotherapy - 5 cycles of cisplatin
Caesium insertion - 24 hours, radiotherapy dose to site of tumour

55
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What is the cure rate of stage 1a cervical cancer?

56
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What is the cure rate of stage 1b cervical cancer?

57
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What is the cure rate of stage 2a cervical cancer?

58
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What is the cure rate of stage 2b cervical cancer?

59
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What is the cure rate of stage 3b cervical cancer?

60
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What is the cure rate of stage 4 cervical cancer?

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