female GU tumors Flashcards
two main risk factors for female GU cancer?
Multiparous
45-55 years of age
most significant early warning symptom of female gu cancer?
Post coital bleeding
5 early symptoms of female gu cancer?
- Thin watery discharge, blood tinged
- Intermittent painless metrorrhagia
- Post coital bleeding
- Bleeding becomes more frequent and increase in amount and duration
- Bleeding ultimately becomes continuous
4 late symptoms of female gu cancer?
- Flank pain and leg pain due to pelvic tumor
- Involving the uterus, pelvic wall or sciatic nerve
- Lower extremity swelling due to lymphatic blockage
- Massive hemorrhage and uremia and weight loss
3 types of cervical cancer treatment
- Surgery – Radical Hysterectomy
- Radiation
- Chemotherapy
2 txts for recurrent cervical cancer
Chemotherapy
Pelvic Exenteration
what is pelvic exenteration?
when ALL female organs are removed from the pelvis
including vagina and bladder/urethra
women who took DES have an increased risk of what? what about their daughter?
moms: breast cancer
Daughters: clear cell adenocarcinoma of the vagina and cervix and of breast cancer; fertility problems
many (20%) pts with DES exposure have ______ ______
cervical adenosis
most of the female GU cancers are of what type?
primarily squamous on histology
invasive cancer of the vagina- what are the symptoms?
typically asymptomatic , most common complaint is post-menopausal bleeding, post-coital bleeding
Dx of invasive cancer of the vagina. how is staging done?
biopsy using colposcopy, staging- FIGO or CIN
Over __% of patients with vaginal tumors have metastatic lesions. why is this significant?
80%
means they tend to not show up early, have already metastasized.
who does FIGO staging?
The FIGO staging systems are determined by the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
txt of vaginal cancer (maybe weeds)
- Surgical excision
- if primary vaginal cancer, use radiotherapy
- For clear cell lesions, radical hysterectomy, and vaginectomy or radiation therapy is effective
are benign tumors of the uterus common?
yes!
Smooth muscle benign tumor; most common benign uterine neoplasm. what is this?
fibroid (aka leiomyoma)
symptoms of fibroids
usually asymptomatic .. some women may have irregular periods, pelvic pain and infertility
what can change the size of fibroids?
Hormonally dependent (estrogen)- change throughout the cycle; shrink with menopause
txt for fibroids
- observation
- myomectomy (“fibroidectomy”)
- hysterectomy
- GnRH agonists may reduce tumor size (suppress estrogen production)
which treatments for fibroids will maybe restore fertility? which could contribute to infertility?
all of them will help restore fertility EXCEPT GnRH agonists b/c, while taking them, they will suppress necessary hormones
what is adenomyosis ?
Migration of glands from the basal layer of endometrium into the myometrium
-globular enlargment of uterus
older woman with cyclic pain… what might this be?
adenomyosis
what is the typical presentation of adenomyosis?
middle aged and parous women with severe dysmenorrhea and menorrhagia and having a symmetrically enlarged uterus
Dx of adenomyosis
US
Txt of adenomyosis (3)
NSAIDs for pain, hysterectomy, GnRH agonists