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Case study is 400 words. All Details in attached file.Thankyou
Case Study
Whitney, a 34-year-old woman who postponed pregnancy in her 20s has now been trying to get pregnant for several years. Her husband had a son during a prior marriage. She consults her gynaecologist for work-up of her infertility. Relevant history includes menarche at age 13; five lifetime sex partners; cyclic menses regularly every 30 days; no birth control for 2 years; no pelvic examination in 5 years. She reports no smoking and no intravenous drug abuse.
The attending gynaecologist recommends a cervical screening workup, which returns a cervical smear diagnosis of high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion, and a human papillomavirus (HPV) assay positive for HPV serotype 16. Colposcopy reveals a friable, vascular lesion on the anterior uterine cervix, a biopsy is taken which shows severe dysplasia (CIN III).
Please answer the following TWO questions:
1. Describe pathophysiology of cervical cancer. What risk factors can you identify in Whitney’s case?
(150 words approx.)
2. Why has cervical screening changed from two to five years in Australia? Provide scientific rationale for the new guidelines.
(250 words approx.)
It is expected that your submission will adhere to the following requirements
• Question number is mandatory in your answer
• You will be answering TWO questions
• Maximum words allowed: 400
• Font size 12
• Font Type: preferably Arial or Calibri
• Line space anywhere from 1.5 to 2
• Diagram and table will be allowed; but require explanation
• You are expected to include 5-10 relevant references less than 10 years old giving evidence of research
• You are expected to use journals
• You are expected to include in-text references as well as a reference list
• References are not counted in the word count
• APA (7th ed.) referencing

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