Unit 10 Chapter 65 Breast and CHAPTER 66 Cervical Cancer Flashcards

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Risk factors of breast Cancer

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female over 65. genetic factors, Jewish heritage, family history, increased alcohol consumption, childless women or those that bear first child near or after age 30, obesit
BCRA gene

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WHO IS MOST AT RISK FOR CERVICAL CANCER

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Most cases of cervical cancer are caused by certain types
of HPV.
(a client who has had hpv)

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Other risk factors for cervical cancer

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  • Infection with human papillomavirus (HPV)
  • Infection with chlamydia
  • Smoking
  • Being immunocompromised (e.g., having HIV, or taking immunosuppressant
    drugs for an autoimmune condition)
  • Multiparity (multiple births)
  • Obesity
  • Women whose mothers took diethylstilbestrol (DES; a hormone to prevent
    miscarriage) between 1940 and 1971
  • Long-term use of oral contraceptives
  • Use of an intrauterine device (IUD)
  • Having multiple full-term pregnancies
  • Having a first full-term pregnancy earlier than age 17
  • Having a family history of cervical cancer
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S/s of cervical cancer

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painless vaginal bleeding, which may be irregular or heavy, and bleeding after sexual intercourse. As the cancer grows, bleeding increases in frequency, duration, and amount and may become continuous. Other symptoms may include pelvic or back pain, hematuria, hematochezia, or vaginal passage of stool or urine, which accompanies advanced disease (Frumovi , 2020).

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