Gynecologic Oncology — Flashcards

Flashcard 51: Clinical staging of CA cervix:Stage 2; A extends to the upper two-thirds of the vagina without parametrial involvement with A2 (invasive CA) _____cm in greatest dimension

Answer: >4

Flashcard 52: Clinical staging of CA cervix:Stage 2; B extends to the parametrium but not _____

Answer: pelvic wall

Flashcard 53: Dysgerminoma is a highly radio_____ tumor.

Answer: sensitive

Flashcard 54: In a woman aged ≥30 years with LSIL and a negative HPV co-test, the preferred management is to repeat co-testing in _____.

Answer: 1 year (12 months)

Extra: For women aged 30 years or older with LSIL (Low-grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion), if the high-risk HPV co-test is negative, the preferred management is repeat co-testing in 1 year. If the HPV test is positive or if the patient is younger (but older than 24), immediate colposcopy is typically indicated for LSIL. In the 21–24 age group, the preferred management for LSIL is repeat cytology in 12 months regardless of HPV status.

Flashcard 55: Stage III vulval cancers can be treated by _____ + local sx excision

Answer: megavoltage radiotherapy

Flashcard 56: Stage III vulvar cancers can be treated by _____ for local recurrence

Answer: Chemoradiotherapy

Flashcard 57: Postmenopausal women with atypical endometrial hyperplasia, are treated by _____

Answer: hysterectomy

Flashcard 58: Which is the only germ cell ovarian malignancy with significant rate of bilateral involvement?_____

Answer: Dysgerminoma

Flashcard 59: CA-153 is raised most commonly in disorders of the _____

Answer: breast

Flashcard 60: Most common presentation of Ca. cervix is stage _____

Answer: IIIB