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Formative Assessment - Gynecologic Oncology: All 10 Answers

Q1 - Cervix Preinvasive Lesion

A 32-year-old woman's routine Pap smear shows HSIL. What is the best next step?

✅ Answer: B - Colposcopy with directed biopsy

Any woman with a cytology consistent with HSIL must undergo colposcopy and directed biopsy. Repeating the Pap smear is inappropriate for HSIL (that approach is reserved for LSIL in certain low-risk groups). Simple hysterectomy is never appropriate without first obtaining tissue diagnosis. HPV vaccination has no role in management of an existing lesion.

- Berek & Novak's Gynecology (Key Points)

Q2 - Cervix Risk Factor

A 42-year-old woman has persistent HPV-16 infection for 8 years. What is the single most important causal risk factor for her cervical cancer?

✅ Answer: B - Persistent high-risk HPV infection

High-risk HPVs are by far the most important factor in the development of cervical cancer. Persistent high-risk oncogenic HPV infection is the principal risk factor for the development of CIN and cervical cancer. Although a persistent infection with a high-risk type is "necessary" for the development of cervical cancer, smoking and other factors are co-factors, not the primary cause.

- Robbins & Kumar Basic Pathology; Berek & Novak's Gynecology

Q3 - Cervix Investigation

A 50-year-old with a 5 cm cervical growth is being staged. Which imaging best assesses parametrial invasion?

✅ Answer: B - MRI pelvis

MRI can accurately determine tumour location, tumour size, depth of stromal invasion, presence of parametrial invasion, and extension into the lower uterine segment. High-resolution T2-weighted images perpendicular to the endocervical canal are key for identifying parametrial invasion. Chest X-ray assesses distant metastasis only. PET scan is useful for nodal/distant disease but inferior to MRI for local soft-tissue extent. Barium enema has no primary role in cervical cancer staging.

- Grainger & Allison's Diagnostic Radiology

Q4 - Cervix Treatment

A 28-year-old nulliparous woman with Stage IB1 cervical cancer (<2 cm) desires fertility preservation. Best treatment?

✅ Answer: B - Radical trachelectomy with pelvic lymphadenectomy

Radical trachelectomy (removal of the cervix while preserving the uterus) is the fertility-sparing alternative to radical hysterectomy for cervical cancer in young patients with tumor size ≤2 cm, no lymphatic invasion, and no nodal metastases. This procedure preserves the upper uterine segment and allows future pregnancy. Radical hysterectomy removes the uterus entirely (no fertility). Chemoradiation and simple hysterectomy are not fertility-sparing options.

- Berek & Novak's Gynecology; Goldman-Cecil Medicine

Q5 - Endometrium Risk Factor

A 55-year-old obese, diabetic, nulliparous woman with postmenopausal bleeding. Most significant risk factor?

✅ Answer: B - Unopposed estrogen exposure

The risk for endometrial cancer is four to eight times greater in postmenopausal women receiving unopposed estrogen therapy, and the risk increases with duration and higher doses. While obesity, diabetes, nulliparity, and hypertension are all recognized risk factors, unopposed estrogen exposure (whether from exogenous therapy or endogenous sources such as obesity-driven peripheral conversion) is considered the most significant and directly causal risk factor. Obesity acts in part by increasing peripheral estrogen, reinforcing the estrogen-driven mechanism.

- Berek & Novak's Gynecology

Q6 - Endometrium Investigation

A 60-year-old with postmenopausal bleeding has TVS showing endometrial thickness of 14 mm. Next step?

✅ Answer: B - Endometrial biopsy / hysteroscopy with biopsy

An endometrial thickness >4 mm on TVS in a postmenopausal woman warrants tissue sampling. At 14 mm - more than three times the threshold - endometrial biopsy (or hysteroscopy with directed biopsy) is mandatory to exclude endometrial carcinoma. Reassurance and repeat TVS would be dangerous delay. MRI and CA-125 are not primary diagnostic steps when tissue sampling can confirm or exclude cancer directly.

- Bailey and Love's Short Practice of Surgery

Q7 - Endometrium Treatment

A 58-year-old woman has Stage IA, grade 1 endometrioid adenocarcinoma. Standard treatment?

✅ Answer: A - Total hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (± surgical staging)

The standard treatment for Stage IA, grade 1 endometrial cancer is total hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (TAH-BSO), with or without surgical staging (pelvic/para-aortic lymph node assessment). This is curative in the majority. Chemotherapy alone, radiotherapy alone, or progestin-only therapy are not standard first-line treatments for surgically fit patients with early-stage disease (progestin therapy is reserved for women who refuse or cannot undergo surgery for fertility preservation in very select cases).

Q8 - Ovary Investigation

A 62-year-old postmenopausal woman has a complex adnexal mass with ascites. Best tumor marker for epithelial ovarian cancer?

✅ Answer: B - CA-125

CA-125 is the established serum tumor marker for epithelial ovarian cancer. It is expressed in epithelial cells and is elevated in the majority of patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer. CA 19-9 is associated with pancreatic/GI malignancies. AFP (alpha-fetoprotein) is the marker for germ cell tumors (yolk sac tumor). hCG is elevated in gestational trophoblastic disease and certain germ cell tumors.

- Henry's Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods; Sabiston Textbook of Surgery

Q9 - Ovary Treatment

Frozen section confirms epithelial ovarian cancer. Standard primary treatment approach?

✅ Answer: A - Surgery (debulking) followed by chemotherapy

The standard primary treatment for epithelial ovarian cancer is cytoreductive surgery (debulking - removal of as much tumor as possible) followed by platinum-based chemotherapy (typically carboplatin + paclitaxel). The extent of residual disease after debulking is the strongest prognostic factor. Chemotherapy alone without surgery, radiotherapy as first-line, and hormonal therapy alone are not standard for newly diagnosed epithelial ovarian cancer.

Q10 - Vulva Preinvasive Lesion

A 45-year-old with biopsy-confirmed usual-type VIN (HPV-related, localized). Best management?

✅ Answer: A - Wide local excision or laser ablation

For HSIL/usual-type VIN (HPV-related), the mainstay of treatment is either wide local excision or laser ablation. Wide local excision provides a specimen for histologic confirmation of complete excision and rules out occult invasion. Laser ablation is appropriate for multifocal or extensive disease where excision would be disfiguring. Radical vulvectomy is excessive for localized preinvasive disease and causes significant morbidity. Chemoradiation is for invasive cancer. Observation alone is inappropriate given the malignant potential of HSIL-VIN.

- Sabiston Textbook of Surgery; Berek & Novak's Gynecology

Summary Table

Q	Topic	Correct Answer
1	HSIL management	B - Colposcopy with directed biopsy
2	Cervical cancer risk factor	B - Persistent high-risk HPV infection
3	Cervical cancer staging imaging	B - MRI pelvis
4	Fertility-sparing cervical cancer Rx	B - Radical trachelectomy + pelvic lymphadenectomy
5	Endometrial cancer risk factor	B - Unopposed estrogen exposure
6	Postmenopausal bleeding workup	B - Endometrial biopsy / hysteroscopy with biopsy
7	Stage IA endometrial cancer Rx	A - TAH-BSO ± surgical staging
8	Epithelial ovarian cancer marker	B - CA-125
9	Ovarian cancer primary treatment	A - Surgery (debulking) + chemotherapy
10	VIN management	A - Wide local excision or laser ablation

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