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Elective Cancer Assignment

The document discusses cervical cancer, including that it is screened for via pap smear, diagnosed via colposcopy and biopsy, treated with surgery, chemotherapy or radiation depending on stage, and has risk factors including HPV infection, young age of first sex/many partners, smoking, and family history. Prevention includes the HPV vaccine and condoms. It affects about 7 in 100,000 US women and causes 2 deaths per 100,000 annually, disproportionately impacting Hispanic and Black women.

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Elective Cancer Assignment

The document discusses cervical cancer, including that it is screened for via pap smear, diagnosed via colposcopy and biopsy, treated with surgery, chemotherapy or radiation depending on stage, and has risk factors including HPV infection, young age of first sex/many partners, smoking, and family history. Prevention includes the HPV vaccine and condoms. It affects about 7 in 100,000 US women and causes 2 deaths per 100,000 annually, disproportionately impacting Hispanic and Black women.

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PHAD542 -Women’s Health

CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY ACTIVITY

ACTIVITY DOCUMENT

• Complete each of the following questions/items for the cancer you selected.
• The response to each one should be brief (a few examples are provided)
• Type directly into this document, save it, and then upload it into Blackboard to submit it.

Question/Item: Your response:


Cancer you selected (e.g., Cervical Cancer
breast cancer)
Is there a screening test for Yes. The screen test is the pap smear where cells are collected from
this type of cancer? If so, the cervix
briefly identify it. (e.g., yes –
mammography)
How is this type of cancer A Colposcopy then a biopsy
diagnosed? (e.g., biopsy)
What are the treatment For stage I, a cone biopsy or hysterectomy can be done depending
options for this type of on if the woman desires to maintain fertility.
cancer? (e.g., surgery, In later stages, surgery will be combined with chemotherapy and
radiation, chemotherapy) radiation.
What are the risk factors for HPV infection, becoming sexually active at a young age/having many
this type of cancer? sexual partners, smoking, immunosuppression, multiple full term
pregnancies, young age at first pregnancy, chlamydia infection, long
term use of birth control, family history
Are there any prevention Getting the HPV vaccine and limiting exposure to HPV through use of
opportunities for this type of condoms/barrier methods. Routine screening to catch pre-cancers
cancer?
How common is this type of
cancer? Provide both Each year in the United States, there are 7 new cases of cervical
morbidity AND mortality data. cancer per 100,000 women and 2 deaths from cervical cancer per
(look at the CDC or similar 100,000 women.
source for data and provide a
citation for the data you
provide) https://gis.cdc.gov/Cancer/USCS/#/AtAGlance/

Are there any disparities in Hispanic and Black women have higher cervical cancer incidence
who gets diagnosed with this rates compared to white women. Additionally, Black women have a
kind of cancer and/or who higher risk of mortality from cervical cancer. Cervical cancer is also
does from this kind of most common among women in their 30s and 40s
cancer? (e.g., is it more
common in younger women, Cervical cancer all tends to be more common in people who have low
rural women, Asian women) socioeconomic status and areas that are rural or have a lack of health
care providers.
Describe one additional I found differing stats from different sources but somewhere between
interesting thing you learned 95-99.7% of all cervical cancer cases are directly caused by HPV
while researching this cancer: infection. Additionally, apparently the rare cervical cancers that aren’t
caused by HPV can’t be detected by a pap smear.

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