Cervical Cancer

Paper Summary:

The paper notes that cervical cancer is the most common reproductive system cancer in females aged 15 to 34 and the second most prevalent cancer in women worldwide, although cervical cancer is most often found in middle aged women. The paper discusses that developed countries have regular cancer screening and therefore benefit from prevention and early detection, resulting in better prognosis and survival rates. The paper further discusses risk factors and also various treatments for cervical cancer.

Outline:
Anatomy of the Cervix and Physiology
Epidemiology and Signs/Symptoms
Treatment and Management

From the Paper:

"Post-operative management of patients with cervical cancer at these stages is targeted at eliminating the recurrence of a neoplasm and occult involvement of the lymph nodes. Risks of such incidences are evaluated pathologically at the time of surgery. Adjuvant pelvic beam external radiotherapy improves cancer-free survival in intermediate risk cases (where there is moderate tumor invasion to the lymphovascular space or one third of the cervical stroma). Meanwhile, patients with an assessed high risk of recurrence should have adjuvant pelvic beam external radiotherapy with concurrent chemotherapy."

Sample of Sources Used:

• American Cancer Society. Cancer Facts and Figures 2008. Atlanta, Ga: American Cancer Society; 2008.
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• Clubb, Elizabeth., and Knight, Jane. Fertility. 3rd Ed. David & Charles, 1996. 192.
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• Martini Frederic H., Carrison Claire W., Welch Kathleen, Hutchings Ralph T., Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology. 5th Ed. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2001. 1034-1045

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