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What are the high risk types of HPV?

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16, 18, 31, 45

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How does HPV cause cervical cancer?

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  • Infects basal layer and utilitses host for replication
  • Virus produces E6 + E7 protein product -> prevents cell cycle arrest and inhibits cell death
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Where do columnar cells of the endocarvix undergo metaplasia?

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Transformation zone (squamocolumnar junction)

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What is post coital bleeding?

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Vaginal bleeding occurring immediately after sexual intercourse – this has a 6% annual incidence in the UK

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What is intermenstrual bleeding?

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Vaginal bleeding (other than postcoital) occurring between periods

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What are abnormal cells on histology of the cervix classed as?

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Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN)

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What are risk factors for CIN?

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  • Early age at first intercourse
  • Multiple sexual partners
  • Prolonged oral contraceptive use
  • STD’s
  • Cigarette smoking
  • Immunodeficiency
  • Persistent high-risk HPV
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What is cervical intraepithelial neoplasia?

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Disorganised proliferation of abnormal cells in squamous epithelium

  • Lack of maturation
  • Variation in cellular size and shape
  • Nuclear enlargement
  • Irregularity
  • Hyperchromasia
  • Cellular disarray
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What does CIN 1 indicate?

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Mild dysplasia

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What is the likelihood of CIN 1 progressing to cervical cancer?

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Usually regress - 50-60% regress within 2 years

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What does CIN 2 indicate?

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Moderate dyskaryosis

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What is the likelihood of CIN 2 progressing to cancer?

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Regression is less likely - 3-5% develop cancer within 10 years

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What does CIN 3 indicate?

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Severe dyskaryosis - full thickness changes

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What is the likelihood of CIN 3 progressing to cancer?

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Regression unlikely - 20-40% develop cancer in 10 years

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What screening programme is available to women to monitor for CIN and cervical cancer?

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Cervical smear:

  • Aged 25-49 - screened every 3 years
  • Aged 50-64 - screened every 5 years

Uses liquid-based cytology to assess the cells of the cervix for premalignant or malignant change

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If someone had normal cervical smear, how would you manage them?

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Follow up in 3 years

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How would you follow up someone with an unsatisfactory cervical smear?

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Repeat smear in 3 months

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How would you manage someone with suspected CIN1?

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Conservative:

  • High risk HPV testing
    • If +ve refer for colposcopy within 6 weeks
    • If -ve - repeat in 3 years
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How would you manage someone with CIN 2?

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  • Refer for colposcopy +/- LLETZ within 2 weeks
  • 6 month follow up
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How would you manage someone with CIN 3?

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  • Refer for colposcopy +/- LLETZ within 2 weeks
  • 6 month follow up
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What is involved in LLETZ (loop diathermy)?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=26&v=rxs5Rg4hn9U

Cone of tissue is removed from cervix. Can be used to biopsy and treat CIN and early cervical cancer

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What is involved in colposcopy?

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Cervix is inspected and acetic acid is applied to its surface – abnormal cells have increased surface proteins, which are coagulated by the acid and turn white, producing “acetowhite” areas which can be biopsied for histological assessment

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What are criteria for colposcopy referral?

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  • High grade dyskariosis
  • 3 x unsatisfactory results
  • Persisting low grade dyskariosis
  • Clinically suspicious cervix
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What are the main treatment options for CIN?

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  • LLETZ
  • Cold coagulation
  • Laser ablation
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If someone was treated for CIN 2/3 with LLETZ and was HPV -ve at 6 months, how would you follow them up?
3 yearly follow up
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How often should HIV positive individuals have a cervical smear?
Every year
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What vaccinations are available for preventing HPV?
* **Cervarix (Bivalent)** - 16/18 * **Quadravalent (Gardasil)** - 16/18/6/11
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When are females given their HPV vaccine (based on vaccine schedule)?
12-13 years at 0, 1 and 6 months
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What are symptoms of cervical cancer?
May be completely asymptomatic: * **Post coital bleeding** * **Intermenstrual bleeding** * **Menorrhagia** * **Increased/altered vaginal discharge** * **Postmenopausal bleeding** * **Symptoms of advanced disease** - pelvic pain, leg pain/swelling, GI problems, lung problems
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What are signs of cervical cancer?
Usually normal except in advanced disease: * **Pelvic mass** * **Craggy hepatomegaly** * **Speculum** - bleeding, discharge or obvious ulceration * **Bimanual** - friable tissue, obliteration of fornices, roughened, hard, irregular cervix which may be fixed/immobile
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What are causes of post-coital bleeding?
* **Trauma** * **Ectropian** * **Cervicitis** * **Cervical/endometrial polyp** * **Cervical cancer** * **Vaginitis** * **Vaginal cancer** * **Vulval dermatitis** * **Vulval cancer** * **STIs** - Gonorrhoea, Chlamydia
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What are causes of intermenstrual bleeding?
* **Physiological** * **Trauma** * **Ovarian tumour** * **Uterus** - endometritis/PID, polyp, hyperplasia, fibroids, cancer * **Cervix** - cervicitis, polyp, cancer * **Vagina** - vaginitis, cancer * **Vulva** - dermatitis, dystrophy, cancer * **Pregnancy -** miscarriage, ectopic, molar pregnancy * **Systemic** - bleeding disorder, metastatic cancer * **Iatrogenic** - IUCD, HRT, POP, depoprovera * **STIs** - gonorrhoea, chlamydia * **Bleeding from somewhere else** - urethra, bladder, anus, rectum
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What investigations would you consider doing in an attempt to diagnose someone with suspected cervical cancer?
* **Bloods** - pregnancy test * **Imaging** - TVUSS + endometrial sampling * **Other -** Swabs for STI, colposcopy + punch biopsy
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What investigations would you do to stage cervical cancer?
* **Bloods** - FBC, U+E's, LFTs * **Imaging** - CXR, CT abdo/pelvis, MRI pelvis, PET scan, * **Other** - cystoscopy, protoscopy/sigmoidoscopy, surgical staging
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What does surgical staging of cervical cancer involve?
Examination under anaesthesia: * **LLETZ** * **Cystoscopy** * **Hyesteroscopy** * **Fractional currettage from endocervix and endometrium**
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What staging system is used to stage cervical cancer?
FIGO staging system
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What is stage 0 cervical cancer?
**CIN** - carcinoma in situ
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What is stage I cervical cancer?
Cancer limited to the cervix
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What is stage II cervical cancer?
Extension to uterus/parametria/vagina
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What is stage III cervical cancer?
Extension to pelvic side wall and/or lower third of the vagina
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What is stage IV cervical cancer?
Cancer tha has extended to adjacent organs or beyond true pelvis
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How would you manage stage 0 cervical cancer?
Colposcopy + LLETZ
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How would you manage stage Ia1 cervical cancer?
* **LLETZ or cone biopsy** - can be considered curative if excision margins are clear and preserve fertility * **Offer hysterectomy if family is complete**
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How would you manage stage Ia2 cervical cancer?
**Simple hysterectomy and Bilateral lymph node dissection (BPND)**
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How would you manag estage Ib1 cervical cancer?
Radical hysterectomy and BPND
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What is involved in simple hysterectomy?
Removal of uterus and cervix
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What is involved in a radical hysterectomy?
Removal of uterus, fallopian tubes, cervix, upper vagina and parametrium
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How would you manage someone with stage Ib2 and stage IIa cervical cancer?
Radical hysterectomy + BPND if no evidence of lymph node involvment
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How would you manage cervical cancer stage IIB and above?
These are inoperable (unless radical destructive surgery considered): * **Combination chemoradiotherapy**
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What types of radiotherapy are used to manage cervical cancer?
* **External beam irradiation** * **Intracavity brachytherapy**
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What chemotherapeutic agents are used in cervical cancer?
* **Cisplatin** * **Topotecan**
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What are complications of hysterectomy?
* **Bleeding** * **Infection** * **VTE** * **Ureteric fistula** * **Bladder dysfunction** * **Lymphoedema**
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What are complications of radiotherapy in cervical cancer?
* **Acute bladder/bowel dysfunction with tenesmus, mucositis, bleeding, ulceration, strictures and fistula** * **Vaginal stenosis, shortening and dryness**
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What is cervical ectropian?
Red ring around the os due to endocervical epithelium extending past its trritory over paler epithelium of the ectocervix
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What can cause cervical ectropian?
Normal phenomenon * Puberty * The pill * Pregnancy Cervicitis
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Is cervical ectropian prone to bleeding?
Yes - columnar epithelium is much more fragile than squamous epithelium
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What is the following?
**Cervical polyp** - pedunculated benign tumours of endocervical epithelium which may cause increased mucus discharge or postcoital bleeding
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How would you manage someone with cervical polyps?
* **Pre-menopause** - Simple avulsion * **Peri/post menopause** - TVS +/- hysteroscopy
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What are causes of cervicitis?
* **Chlamydia** * **Gonorrhoea** * **Herpes** * **Can mask neoplasia**
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What is the following?
**Cervicitis** - may be follicular or mucopurulent, presenting with discharge
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What areas of the cervix does cervical screening aim to sample?
* **Squamous part** * **Transition zone** * **Columnar part**
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How is a cervical smear taken?
Brush inserted and rotated
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If a woman is nulliparous/has never had sex, what type of cervical cancer are they at risk of?
Adenocarcinoma of the cervix - due to lack of exposure to HPV
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What are the wilson criteria for developing a screening programme?
* **I**mportant – the condition should be an important one * **A**cceptable treatment for the disease * **T**reatment and diagnostic facilities should be available * **R**ecognisable at an early stage of symptoms * **O**pinions/policy on who to treat as patients must be agreed * **G**uaranteed safety e.g. low radiation exposure * **E**xamination must be acceptable by the patient * **N**atural history of the disease must be known * **I**nexpensive test * **C**ontinuous screening i.e. not a one-off

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