Statistics Flashcards
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Incidence of cervical cancer
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- Cervical cancer is the 20th most common cancer in the UK.
- Cervical cancer accounts for less than 1% of all new cases in the UK.
- In the UK, cervical cancer is the 12th most common cancer, with around 3,200 cases/year.
- 52% diagnosed in females aged under 45.
- Incidence rates have decreased by 46% in Great Britain.
- Last decade has seen an increase in rates in younger women.
- The UK incidence rate is 12th lowest in Europe.
- 1 in 135 women will be diagnosed with cervical cancer during their lifetime.
2
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Incidence of cervical ca death
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- More than half of cervical cancer deaths occur in women aged between 25 and 64.
- Cervical cancer death rates have decreased by 71% in the UK since the early 1970s
3
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Cervical ca survival
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- 63% survive their disease for ten years or more.
- 67% survive their disease for five years or more.
- 83% survive their disease for one year or more.
- Cervical cancer survival is highest for women diagnosed aged under 40 years old.
- 9 in 10 women diagnosed aged 15-39 survive their disease for five years or more, compared with a quarter of women diagnosed aged 80 and over.
- When diagnosed at its earliest stage, around 95% of women with cervical cancer will survive their disease for five years or more, compared with 5 in 100 of women when diagnosed at the latest stage.
4
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Pathology reports of cervical tumours should include the following histological features
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- Tumour type
- Tumour size
- Extent of tumour (eg involvement of the vaginal wall or parametrium) depth of invasion
- Pattern of invasion (infiltrative or cohesive invasive front)
- Lymphovascular space invasion (LVSI)
- Status of resection margins (presence of tumour and distance from margin)
- Status of lymph nodes (including site and number of nodes involved)
- Presence of pre-invasive disease.
