Cervical Cancer Case Study and Care Plan

Cervical Cancer

The following represents an outline for a plan of care, including information intended to educate the patient about what she can expect given her recent diagnosis of cervical cancer at the age of 45. The good news is that a cervical cancer diagnosis is no longer a death sentence.

Cervical cancer in women is common and afflicts close to 530,000 women worldwide each year (Colombo et al., 2012). Importantly, human papillomavirus (HPV) infections are believed to be the most important causative agent and this virus is detected in 99% of all cervical tumors. Accordingly, the expected protection rate conferred by the HPV vaccine is around 70%.

Of the three categories of cervical cancer recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO), squamous cell carcinoma is by far the most common, representing 70-80% of all cervical cancers (Colombo et al., 2013). Other types...
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