SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND WE’LL SEE YOU ON >> THANK YOU.
IT IS A CANCER THAT THOUSANDS
OF WOMEN FACE EVERY YEAR.
SO WHAT ARE THE RISK FACTORS?
WHAT HOW IS IT DETECTED?
HOW OUR SCREENINGS SUCH A KEY
TOOL IN PREVENTION? WE’RE GOING
TO TALK ABOUT IT ALL WITH
DOCTOR. YES, MEAN LIONS?
GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGIST FROM THE
MAYS CANCER CENTER AT UT
HEALTH. SAN ANTONIO’S MD
ANDERSON CANCER CENTER. WE’RE
TALKING ABOUT CERVICAL CANCER.
JANUARY IS A MONTH TO REALLY
RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THAT.
SO LET’S FIRST START WITH THE
RISK FACTORS. WHAT ARE THE
RISKS WHEN YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT
THIS DISEASE?
>> YOU KNOW, BY FAR THE BIGGEST
RISK IT AND RISK FOR CERVICAL
CANCER IS GOING TO BE INFECTION
WITH HPV. THE HUMAN
PAPILLOMAVIRUS, BECAUSE HPV IS
A SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED
INFECTION. AND THAT’S THE
RESPECT THIS HAVE TO DO WITH
THAT. AND THOSE RISK FACTORS
ARE EARLY AGE OF ACTIVITY,
MULTIPLE PARTNERS HAVING A
PARTNER WITH MULTIPLE PARTNERS
AND HAVING OTHER SEXUALLY
TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS. THERE
ARE SOME RISK FACTORS THAT ARE
NOT RELATED TO HPV AT NIGHT AND
IT’S THE THING AND HAVING A
WEAK IMMUNE SYSTEM.
>> SO I MEAN, I DON’T KNOW THAT
A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW A LOT
ABOUT CERVICAL CANCER, WHICH IS
ONE OF THE REASONS WE WANTED TO
HAVE YOU ON, DOCTOR. AND I
APPRECIATE I MEAN, IT’S THE 4TH
MOST DIAGNOSED CANCER IN THE
WORLD. A 13,000 WOMEN WILL BE
DIAGNOSED IN THE UNITED STATES
THIS YEAR, 4,000 WOMEN WILL DIE
FROM IT. GIVE US SOME OF THE
SYMPTOMS THAT REALLY PEOPLE
SHOULDN’T IGNORE WHEN IT COMES
TO CERVICAL CANCER.
>> IT’S SO, YOU KNOW, THE
BIGGEST SYMPTONS ARE PROBABLY
GOING TO ADD LEVEL MEETING.
SO THAT COULD BE ABSENCE OF THE
PERIOD AS WELL AS REALLY HEAVY
BLEEDING, A LEADING INVESTMENT
PERIOD SUNDAY AFTER OTHER
COMMON SYMPTOMS INCLUDE VAGINAL
DISCHARGE BACK GAINS 16 AND
BLEEDING FROM THE LATTER
DIRECT.
>> HOW IS IT DETECTED? HOW HOW
DO YOU DETECT CERVICAL CANCER?
>> SO THE BEST WAY THAT WE
TRANSFERRING STORY IS THROUGH A
PAP SMEAR. AND THAT IS ASSUMING
THAT IT’S A REALLY EARLY
CERVICAL CANCER. SO THE BEST
WAY THAT WOMEN CAN PREVENT
CERVICAL CANCER IS BY GETTING
THE HPV VACCINE AND THEN DOING
THERE AND SCREENING FOR
CERVICAL CANCER. BUT LAST
YEAR’S EVERY 3 YEARS, IF THERE
ARE BETWEEN AGES 20 TO 29 EVERY
5 YEARS ALONG WITH HPV TESTING
FOR WOMEN TO WORK 30 TO 65.
WHEN DID THAT? WHAT IS THE HPV
VACCINE? NORMALLY GIVEN?
SO THE HPV VACCINE IS APPROVED
ALL THE WAY FROM AGES 9 THROUGH
NOW AT AGE, 45 AND FOR BOTH MEN
AND WOMEN.
>> I THINK THERE’S ALSO A LOT
OF MISCONCEPTIONS JUST ABOUT
WHAT HPV IS, WHO CAN GET IT,
HOW IT’S TREATED. WHAT ARE SOME
OF THE BIGGEST MISCONCEPTIONS
THAT YOU RUN INTO WHEN IT COMES
TO HPV?
>> YEAH, I THINK A BIG MYTH
THAT WE RUN INTO A LOT IS THAT
ONLY WOMEN CAN GET HPV AND THAT
IS INCORRECT AND CEMENT CAN GET
HPV. THEY DOING IT CAUSES OTHER
TYPES OF CANCER. AND THEN JUST
LIKE IT CAUSES CERVICAL CANCER
IN FRONT. AND IT’S ANOTHER BIG
NAME IS THAT PEOPLE SAFE.
THEY PAD THEIR HBN AND VACCINE
THAT THEY DON’T MEET
PASSENGERS. AND THAT’S
INCORRECT BECAUSE WE DO HAVE
SOME CIVIL CASES THAT ARE NOT
RELATED TO HPV. SO THAT’S WHY
THE TAXPAYER IS SO IMPORTANT.
IN ADDITION TO THE HPV VACCINE,
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE TREATMENT
OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT
THERE THAT ARE SUFFERING FROM
CERVICAL CANCER?
IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE STAGE
OF THE CANCER, MEANING HOW FAR
IT SPREAD FOR A REALLY EARLY
CANCER. THAT’S JUST LIMITED TO
THE SERVICE. THEY CAN OFFER
PATIENTS SURGE, WAIT FOR THOSE
CANCERS THAT HAD SPREAD PAST
THE SERVICE THAT ARE STILL IN
THE PUB IS WE CAN OFFER A
COMBINATION OF CHEMOTHERAPY AND
RADIATION. IT’S AND THEN FOR
PATIENTS THAT HAVE DISTANT
DISEASE, MEANING THAT IT SPREAD
FROM THE SERVICE TO OTHER
PLACES LIKE THE LOVE IT OR WE
CAN OFFER A COMBINATION OF
CHEMOTHERAPY AND SOMETIMES YOU
GET THERE.
>> YOU MENTIONED THIS EARLIER
WHEN IT CAME TO PAP SMEARS.
BUT KEEPING TRACK OF THE TIMING
WITH YOUR PAP SMEARS WITH YOUR
MAMMOGRAMS. THE RECOMMENDATIONS
HAVE CHANGED OVER THE YEARS.
SO WANT YOU TO GO BACK AND TELL
US AGAIN HOW OFTEN ARE WOMEN
SUPPOSED TO BE GETTING THESE
ROUTINE SCREENINGS AND DOES
IT DEPEND ON YOUR AGE?
>> YES, IT DEFINITELY DEPENDS
ON YOUR AGE FOR WOMEN THAT ARE
AGES. 21 TO 29. WE JUST
RECOMMEND THAT’S NEAR AND NO
HPV TESTING. AND THAT IS TO BE
DONE EVERY 3 YEARS. AND THEN
FOR WOMEN AGES 30 TO 65, WE
RECOMMEND BOTH AT PAP SMEAR AND
HPV TESTING. AND THAT’S THE
BEGINNING EVERY SITE YEARS.
SO YOU SAID THAT WOMEN SHOULD
NOT IGNORE SOME OF THE SYMPTOMS
THAT WE LISTED EARLIER.
>> WHAT’S THE VERY FIRST THING
SOMEONE SHOULD DO IF THEY HAVE
SOME OF THE SYMPTOMS, IF THEY
ARE CONCERNED THAT THEY MAY
HAVE CERVICAL CANCER.
>> SO IF THEY HAVE ANY OF THE
SYMPTOMS THAT WE EXPERIENCE,
THEY SHOULD TALK TO. AND
THEY’RE ONLY TO
WEIGH IN IF THE OBGYN THAT
THINKS THAT IT’S CONCERNING FOR
CANCER, THEY WOULD GET CENTER
THAT LET YOU GO TO COLLEGE TO
GET HELP, TREAT THEM.
>> I WAS ASKING YOU EARLIER
BEFORE WE GOT THIS SEGMENT
STARTED A FAMILY HISTORY PLAYED
A ROLE. HE SAID IT’S REALLY
NOT THAT SIGNIFICANT WHEN IT
COMES TO CERVICAL CANCER AND
GIVEN THE RISK FACTORS THAT
YOU LISTED, WOULD YOU SAY THAT
THIS IS IT’S A PREVENTABLE
DISEASE WITH THESE ROUTINE
SCREENINGS.
>> I WOULD. I WOULD SAY IT’S
ONE THAT IS PREVENTABLE.
NOW WITH HPV VACCINE AND WITH
EARLY DETECTION BY ROUTINE PAP
SMEARS.
>> SO FOR MEN USE THAT HPV CAN
CAUSE DIFFERENT TYPES OF
CANCERS IN MEN. GIVE ME AN
EXAMPLE OF WHAT TYPE OF CANCERS
HPV CAN CAUSE AN MAN.
>> SO FOR MEN, HPV CAN CAUSE
CANCER AND IT CAN CAUSE FOR
U.S. REGIONAL CANCERS AND
SAVING IT LIMITED TO CAUSE
CANCER IN YOUR FRIDGE OFFENSES
AND MONEY, TOO. AND OBVIOUSLY
THEY CAN’T GET CERVICAL CANCER
AND THAT THEY ARE STILL AT RISK
IF THEY HAVE HPV VIRUS TODAY,
YOU KNOW THAT IT CAN TURN IN TO
A CANCER. I WOULD ASK YOU
SOMETHING. IT IS. IT IS.
SOME PEOPLE MIGHT THINK IT’S A
SILLY QUESTION, BUT I’M
GUESSING THERE’S A LOT OF
PEOPLE OUT THERE WHETHER
THEY’RE WILLING TO ADMIT IT
OR NOT.
>> DON’T KNOW THE ANSWER.
AND I’M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT
MEN. WHAT EXACTLY IS THE
CERVIX?
>> YEAH, BIG QUESTIONS. SO THIS
SURVEY SAYS THE VERY BOTTOM
MOST PART OF THE UTERUS AND
MOST PEOPLE THINK ABOUT IT IN
THE SAME CHILDBIRTH IS THE
CERVIX IS KIND OF EXIT AT THE
LAST STEP BEFORE AND FOR BABIES
BOARD SERVICES, WHAT DILATE.
AND SO THAT’S THAT’S THE ONLY
PART OF THE AN INTERNAL THING
UP TO TELL YOU THAT WE CAN SEE
ON THE EXAM.
>> YASMEEN LIONS WITH UT
HEALTH, SAN ANTONIO. APPRECIATE
YOUR TIME. I I REFER NOT
PUTTING ME ON THE SPOT THERE
WITH THAT QUIZZING ME ON
SERVICES. SO WE APPRECIATE YOU
GOING THROUGH WHAT IS VERY