Lawrd She got Cancer Flashcards
What percent of women diagnosed with cervical cancer never recieved cervical cytology?
50%
What percent of women had not be screened within 5yrs of being diagnosed with cervical cancer?
10%
What is dysplasia?
epithelium is replaced by cells showing atypia
How is cervical cancer staged?
Besthada- Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia
Reflects a recent HPV infection?
CIN 1
Large inter-observer variability?
CIN 2
Strong predicator of progression to cervical cancer
CIN 3
Since 1975 mortality due to cervical cancer has?
decreased
Where is cervical cancer much more common?
in countries without screening programs
What is the most common type of epi cell abnormalities?
undetermined significance (ASC-US)
Cervical cancer screening begins at ?
21 yrs
Age at which cervical cancer shouldn’t be screened regardless of age of sexual initiation or behavior related risk?
< 21 yr
How many cases of cervical cancer occur before age 20?
0.1% (1-2 cases out of 1,000,000)
What are 6 risk factors for cervical cancer?
Young age at first coitus multiple sexual partners sexual partener w/ multiple partners young age @ first preggo low socioeconomic status SMOKING!
What is not a risk factor related to cervical cancer??!
FAMILY HISTORY
Which strain of HPV has the highest carcinogenic potential?
HPV 16
Which strain of HPV has the 2nd highest carcinogenic potential?
HPV 18
How many HPV genotypes are associated with cervical cancer?
12
What accounts for 55-60% of cervical cancer?
HPV 16
What accounts for 10-15% of cervical cancer?
HPV 18
What are some known cofactors that increase the risk of HPV infection?
smoking
compromised immune system
HIV infection
Young women immune response usually clears the immune system on average of …
8 months
Young women immune response usually decreases the viral load to undetectable levels in….
8-24 months
Persistent HPV infection at 1 and 2yrs after infection strongly predicts what?
risk of CIN 3 or cancer
What is the best HPV vaccination to receive?
9-valent
When can the HPV vaccine be given?
9 to age 26 (now extended to 45)
HPV screening for 21-29yr?
pap smear every 3 years
HPV screening for 30-65yr?
HPV and pap smear every 5 yrs or Pap smear w/ cytology every 3 years
HPV screening for >65?
NO SCREENING
HPV screening for women who underwent total hysterectomy AND never had CIN 2 or higher?
NO SCREENING
HPV Screening for women who underwent total hysterectomy AND have a history of CIN 2 or higher in the past 20 yrs or cervical cancer
SCREEN
What 4 women need to be screened more often for cervical cancer?
Women HIV infected
Immunocompromised women
Women exposed to DES in utero
Women previously txt for CIN2,3, or cancer
Abnormal pap smear what’s next?
colposcopy
Treatment for CIN 2-3?
Cryotherapy
LEEP (Loop Electrical Excision Procedure)
Cold Knife Cone
A visible lesion seeing during pelvic exam needs what?
a biopsy for diagnosing NOT A SCREENING PAP
Who created the pap test?
Georgios Papanikolaou