This course is part of the RCOG Core Knowledge series.
Worldwide, cervical cancer is the second most common female malignancy, with only breast cancer occurring more frequently. In the UK, cervical cancer is the third most common gynaecological malignancy after ovarian and endometrial cancer.
The incidence and mortality of cervical cancer has fallen significantly since the introduction of the NHS Cervical Screening Programme (NHSCSP) in 1988. There has been a 24% drop in cervical cancer incidence rates since the early 1990s. Incidence rates decreased by 49% from their peak in 1985–1987 (at 16.3 per 100 000 women) to the lowest rate in 2002–2004 (at 8.4 per 100 000 women), and have since remained stable. Cervical cancer mortality rates in 2010–2012 are 71% lower than they were 40 years earlier in 1971–1973. Over the last decade (between 2001–2003 and 2010–2012), European age-standardised mortality rates have decreased by 21%. Despite this, there were around 850 deaths from the disease in the UK in 2017, and there are currently around 3500 new UK cases every year (Cancer Research UK, March 2020).
The relative rarity of cervical cancer is such that, together with other gynaecological cancers, cases should be managed in a recognised cancer centre to optimise multidisciplinary management, as recommended by the Department of Health in its guidance Improving outcomes in gynaecological cancers.
Welcome to this Core Knowledge course on Cervical cancer.
When you have completed this course, you will be able to:
- identify patients with risk factors for cervical cancer
- recognise the varied presentations of cervical cancer
- organise appropriate investigations for women presenting with cervical cancer
- describe different treatment options for cervical cancer and the requirement for these patients to be managed in a recognised gynaecological cancer centre.
Dr Kulthoum Taylor, Registrar in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (2022)
Kulthoum Taylor is a Specialty Registrar in Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Georgios Theophilou MRCOG (2016, 2019, 2022)
Georgios Theophilou is a Consultant Gynaecologist and Gynaecological Surgeon at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
The content of this course relates to the following Capabilities in Practice (CiPs) and key skills:
CiP 1: Clinical skills and patient care
All key skills covered
CiP 2: Working in health organisations
Understands ethical principles
Cip 5: Human factors
Demonstrates insight into decision making
Team working
Understands systems and organisational factors
CiP 6: Developing self & others
Commits to continued learning
Promotes excellence
Provides pastoral care
Performance management
CiP 8: Educator
Interprofessional learning
CiP 9: Emergency gynaecology and early pregnancy
Manages non-pregnancy vaginal bleeding
Manages complications of treatment
CiP 11: Non-emergency gynaecology and early pregnancy
Manages abnormal vaginal bleeding
Manages pelvic and vulval bleeding
Manages the abnormal cervical smear
Manages suspected cancer symptoms
CiP 13: Non-discrimination and inclusion
Promotes non-discriminatory practice
Understands cultural determinants of health
Further details about each CiP can be found within the O&G Core Curriculum 2024 Definitive Document, available here.
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