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CAUSE OF UTERINE CANCER
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-MOST COMMON REPRODUCTIVE CANCER
-PROLONGED ESTROGEN STIMULATION -OBESITY DUE TO STORAGE OF ESTROGEN -AGE 60-70 -NULLIPARIOUS (NEVER BEEN PREGNANT) |
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DX TEST FOR UTERINE CANCER
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ENDOMETRIAL BIOPSY
OR ASPIRATION |
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S/S OF UTERINE CANCER
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-METRORRHAGIA=BLEEDING BET PERIODS
-ABDOMINAL UTERINE BLEEDING -POST MENOPAUSAL BLEEDING W/ CLOTS AND CRAMPING |
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MED/SURG TXT FOR UTERINE CANCER
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-TAHBSO
-RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY IF NODAL INVOLVEMENT -PRE-OP RADIATION -POST OP CAN BE INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL CHEMO -PROGESTIN THERAPY-ANTINEOPLASTIC |
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CAUSE OF CERVICAL CANCER
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-3RD MOST COMMON REPRODUCTIVE CANCER
-WOMEN AGE 20-30 RISKS: -EARLY INTERCOURSE -MULTIPLE SEX PARTNERS -NULLIPARITY -HISTORY OF HERPES OR STD -AFRICAN AMERICAN,NATIVE AM,MEXICAN -HIV + -SMOKING -NEVER BEEN SCREENED -LONG TERM USE OF ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE |
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DX TEST FOR CERVICAL CANCER
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-DX BASED ON BIOPSY
-PAP SMEAR:EVERY 6 MONTHS IF SEVERE,WOMEN AGE 18-20 OR SEXUALLY ACTIVE EVERY YR -COLPOSCOPY:VISUALIZES CERVIX -SCHILLER TEST:IODINE APPLIED TO CERVIX AND VAGINA HEALTHY TISSUE=DEEP MAHOGANY CANCER CELLS=LIGHT AND GLISTENS -CERVICAL BIOPSY:DONE 1 WEEK AFTER MENSTRUATION |
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S/S OF CERVICAL CANCER
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-THIN,WATERY,BLD TINGED,VAGINAL DISCHARGE
-INTERMITTENT PAINLESS BLEEDING -METRORRHAGIA -BLEEDING AFTER INTERCOURSE -BLEEDING BECOMES INCREASED IN AMT AND DURATION AS DISEASE PROGRESSES:MAY INDICATE LYMPHATIC INVOLVEMENT -LATE S/S:DARK,FOUL DISCHARGE,PAIN IN PELVIS,DYSURIA,HEMATURIA,EDEMA |
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MED/SURG TXT FOR CERVICAL CANCER
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-LEEP:USED FOR CANCER IN SITU,DONE AS OUT PATIENT UNDER LOCAL ANESTHESIA,ELECTRICITY PASSES THROUGH TISSUE
-CONIZATION:WHEN NORMAL TISSUE SURROUNDS CANCER -CRYOTHERAPY/LAZER -PELVIC EXONERATION:REMOVES ALL PELVIC ORGANS,PT NEEDS COUNSELING,COLOSTY AND ILEAL CONDUIT -HYSTERECTOMY W/PELVIC NODE DISSECTION -IF 3MM OR LESS=HYSTERECTOMY -IF 3MM OR MORE=RADICAL |