Question

1. The nurse educator has been asked by a local women’s cancer support group to speak with their daughters and granddaughters about cervical cancer. (Learning Objectives 2, 3, 4, and 5)

1. What are the identified risk factors for cervical cancer? What can be done to decrease the risk for development of cervical cancer?

2. What screening test should women have, and how often, for cervical cancer? Does this change with age?

3. Once a woman is diagnosed with cervical cancer, what are the treatment options?

4. What is the most common cancer of the reproductive tract? What can be done to decrease the risk factors for all female cancers?

Answer 1

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Risk factors- HPV infection

Inutero exposure of diethylstilbestrol

Multiple sexual partners

Early age of intercourse

To decrease - 21-30 years - every 3 year screening

30-65yr age -every 5 year screening with papsmear aur lugols iodine test and hpv test

Immunization with hpv

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Screening test

Pap smear

Lugols iodine application

Acetic acid application

Rate aur chance increase with age

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Large loop excision of the area with abnormal cell aur cancer cell

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Cervix cancer is most common cancer

To decrease

Regular screening

21-30 years - every 3 year screening

30-65yr age -every 5 year screening with papsmear aur lugols iodine test and hpv test

Avoid exposure od diethylstilbestrol inutero