GYN Cancers Flashcards
What symptoms are associated with ovarian cancer?
pelvic or abdominal pain, bloating, increased abdominal girth, difficulty eating, early satiety, or urinary
frequency or urgency.
What screening can we do for ovarian cancer?
If there is a fam hx, we can do genetic counseling to see an individuals risk of developing ovarian cancer in their lifetime particuarly if the fam hx starts young.
Otherwise, with no fam hx, there is no great screening tests currently to watch for ovarian cancer like there is with cervical and breast cancer. CA-125 is not a great screener and is used more to monitor progress of treatment rather than detection.
Breast cancer often mets to…
Bone, liver, lungs, brain
Where does colon cancer met?
liver, lungs, not so much bones
Most common cause of unilateral bloody nipple discharge
Ductal/intraductal papilloma
Detected in the breast as palpable nodulatiry in an area of previous trauma. Can show peripheral calcifications on imaging.
Fat necrosis
Benign tumor of the breast that present with large, rapidly growing tumpr that commonly occurs in premenopausal women.
Cystosarcoma phyllodes
Breast abscesses are a complication of _________________ often seen in _____________________
Breast ascesses are a complication of mastitis and are often seen in breastfeeding women
Benign retention cyst of the mammary gland caused by an obstruction to lactiferous duct outflow. They present in the subareolar region and dx is normally clinical. They resolve on their own.
Galactocele
What HPV’s increase your risk of cervical cancer?
16, 18, 31, or 33
What are the risk factors for cervical cancer?
HPV infection, early onset of sexual activity, tobacco use, OCP use, immunosuppression, HIV or other STIs.
