To assess a patient for the risk factors of cervical cancer, you would ask if she has a history of
a. breast cancer.
b. human papillomavirus.
c. infertility.
d. her mother taking diethylstilbestrol during pregnancy.
B
Cervical cancer risk factors include: 1) early age of first intercourse; 2) multiple sex partners or male partners who have had multiple partners; 3) prior history of human papillomavirus or herpes simplex virus; 4) current or prior human papillomavirus or condylomata, or both; 5) family history; 6) tobacco use; 7) drug use; 8) HIV; 9) immunosuppressed; 10) history of STDs, cervical dysplasia, or cervical, endometrial, vaginal, or vulvar cancer; 11) low socioeconomic state. Breast cancer is linked with ovarian cancer. Infertility is linked with endometrial cancer. Vaginal cancer is linked to mothers' taking DES (diethylstilbestrol) during pregnancy.
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