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What are the criteria for the introduction of screening programmes

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  • the condition should be an important health problem - the natural history should be known
  • the test should be simple safe and acceptable with known cutoff point for test values
  • the treatment should be effective, leading to better outcomes with evidence based policies on who should receive treatment
  • the screening programme should be known to be effective in reducing mortality or morbidity
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What is the aetiology of cervical cancer?

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  • Rare outcome of STI
  • Linked to Human Papilloma Virus (low risk types 6&11, high risk types 16&18)
  • HPV DNA can be found in all invasive cervical cancer specimens
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What are some risk factors of cervical cancer

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  • persistent infection with HPV or STI
  • sexual activity from young age
  • women with kate pregnancies or >5 full term pregnancies
  • condoms only offer limited protection
    Smoking decreases number of lanerghans cells in the cervix reducing ability to process virus
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What stages happen in between normal and the cancer stage in the cervix

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Low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion —> high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion

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Describe the human papilloma virus

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Non-enveloped
DsDNA
Circular genome (approx 8kb pairs)
Most encode 8 major proteins

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How long is the average incubation period

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3 weeks to a year

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Can HPV infection be latent or assymptimatic

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Yes, possibly years before appearance of genital warts or abnormalities
Some will be transient and may never be detected

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What proteins from HPV play a massive role in immortality and malignant transformation of infected cells

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E6&E7

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Characteristics of low risk HPV 6 & 11

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Lead to benign cervical changes and genital warts

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Characteristics of high risk HPV types 16 & 18

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Precancerous cervical changes
Cervical cancer
Anal and other cancers

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True or false: most women are infected at some time

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True

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True or false: the immune system usually clears a HVP infection

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True, usually, not always

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What is the pathology of persistent HPV infection

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Leads to loss of maturation of cervical epithelium (disrupts normal cell cycle)
Keratinocyte differentiation retarded

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What are the first stages of the triage pathway

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See if the pt. displays borderline/low grade dyskaryosis then do a HR-HPV test

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What is the next move if the HR-HPV test is negative

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Pt. returned to routine recall because it’s likely the cause of problem is non-high-risk HPV infection or not a clinically significant amount of HPV

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What are some benefits of a triage

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Reduces need for multiple repeat tests, women see colposcopy sooner

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What’s the next move if the HR-HPV test is positive

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Women referred to colposcopy

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What is a test of cure

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Used to assess the risk of women who test negative at follow up are at very low risk of Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia having residual of recurrent disease

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What is standard protocol after CIN 3 detected in colposcopy

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Annual follow up cytology for 10 years —> returned to routine recall

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Where are cervical cytology samples taken from?

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The transformation zone

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What is the transformation zone

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The zone between the new and old squamo-columnar junction

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A method acquiring a cervical sample

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Using a brush then transfer the sample to alcohol

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True or false: mild dyskaryosis is heavily linked to HPV positive

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True: the initial pilot study for HOV triage showed 83% showing dyskaryosis were HOV positive

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Name a benefit of test if cure for cervical screening

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Allows majority of women to be r freed back to routine recall directly

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How does HPV attack
Micro trauma to squamous epithelial of transformation zone allows HPV to attach tit he nasal cells. The genome is then release into the cell remaining as an extra-chromosomal element until cEll reaches surface
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What happens after a cell is infected with the HPV genome
The extra-chromosomal elements are packaged into virions that are lost from the surface during desquamation
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What happens in the non latent case of HOV infection
Genome is incorporated, increased expression of viral protein E6 and E7 that interacted with cellular proteins to induce proliferation, eventually immortalisation and neoplastic transformation of HPV infected cells
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Describe the epithelial of the cervix
Lined in 1 cell thick columnar glandular epithelial layer then the vagina lines in squamous cells, where they meet is the squamo-columnar junction
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What area of the cervix is the most susceptible to abnormalities
Transformation zone
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Why is the transformation zone particularly vulnerable
Because the changes in hormones make the cervix swell and expose the T zone to the vaginal are making it open to infection
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What are the two methods of cervical sample preparation
Thinprep and surepath (BD)
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Describe the characteristics if the thin prep sample method
Methanol based Filtration method Ubstained sample
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Describe characteristics of Surepath cervical sampling method
Ethanol based preservative Density gradient and sedimentation Stained slide produced by automation
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True or false: cervical screenings aim to look for cancer
False: they aim to prevent it
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What cells does squamous epithelium consist of
From surface to base: superficial cells, intermediate cEll’s, parabasal cells, basal cells
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Explain what screening sample adequacy is
Does the sample have an adequate number of visible squamous cells for screwing - >4500
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How long do you need to leave it in between samples from a patient
3 months
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Can the appearance of cells be affected by hormones
Yes
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What are some features of dyskaryosis
High nuclear to cytoplasm ratio Hyperchromasia (darker nuclei) Chromatic irregularity Irregularity in form and outline of nuclear membrane
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Where in the endometrium does CIN 1 affect
Infected cells occupy lower third of basal cells
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Where in the endometrium does CIN 2 affect
Lower TWO thirds of basal cells
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Where in the endometrium does CIN 3 affect
Majority of basaloid cells —> carcinoma
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What are the typical nuclear to cytoplasmic ratio reference values for low-grade dyskaryosis
Ratio<50%
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What are the typical nuclear to cytoplasmic ratio reference values for high-grade (moderate) dyskaryosis
50
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What are the typical nuclear to cytoplasmic ratio reference values for high-grade (sever) dyskaryosis
Ratio>75%
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What are some changes to cells due to HPV
- Minor nuclear abnormality - dyskeratosis (abnormal keratinisation) - parakeratosis (normal keratinisation in abnormal places) - koilocytosis - red cells with abnormal nuclei and hard edged clear spaces surrounding the nuclei pathognamonic If HPV infection
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Why do you have to look at nuclei features to confirm its dyskaryosis
Because it has lookalikes such as atrophy
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Describe the appearance (cytology) of invasive squamous carcinoma cells
High grade dyskaryosis | Loose cluster of pale (cytoplasm) cells with enlarged nuclei (dark), coarse chromatin and a thickened nuclear membrane
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What is colposcopy
The microscopic examination is the cervix with the use of stains to see cells in the TZ
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What are the procedures of a colposcopy
Examine cervix, wipe off mucus, apply 5% acetic acid for 2 mins, aptly green filter and aqueous iodine. Biopsy if necessary
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What are the chances of regression for CIN 1
Most likely will regress
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What are the chances of regression for CIN 2
50%
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What are the chances of regression for CIN 3
0%, needs treatment
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Name a couple treatments for premalignancy of cervical cells
Loop excision - extract bad cells with a loop tool | Cryotherapy - gun like tool that freezes (kills) malignant cells
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What are the symptoms of cervical malignancy
Vaginal bleeding at any time other than period vaginal discharge with unpleasant smell Discomfort or pain during sex
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Where is cervical cancer at stage 1/4
Just in neck of the womb
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Where is cervical cancer at stage 2/4
Begun to spread outside neck of womb into surrounding tissues
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Where is cervical cancer at stage 3/4
Spread away from cervix and into surrounding structures in pelvic area
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Where is cervical cancer at stage 4/4
Advanced cancer. Spread to other body organs outside cervix and womb
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How do you treat stage 1 cervical cancer
Cone biopsy
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How do you treat stage 2+ cervical cancer
Hysterectomy
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What are some limitations of screening
Not 100% effective, false negative rate up to 40%, sampling and screening errors. However HPV triage and test of cure have improved detection significantly
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Who must the HPV screening program be offered to
All girls up to 18 years old
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What product is now used as the vaccination against cervical cancer (HPV infection)
Gardasil A’s protects against HPV 6 and 11 and genital warts aswell
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True or false: Boys have to have HPV vaccinations too
True: as of September 2019 all boys aged 12-13 because it’s connected to anal Carcinoma too
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How effective is Gardasil
Clinical trials show 100% effective at PREVENTING infection of 6,11,16&18 ONLY
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How is the HPV vaccination administered
2 injections within 6-24 months of each other
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What is a benefit of HR-HPV over Cytology
More sensitive
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What is a benefit of Cytology over HR-HPV
Gives less false positives
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What is an argument for the extending of screening intervals
HrHPV and Cytology decreases CIN 3 or worse and cervical cancer by 40 and 30% as opposed to cytology. Low incidence OF CIN3 or worse 3 years after screening supports the extension of interval time
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How many sentinel sites are there for HOV screening
6

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