Cervical cancer report?

im writting a papr on cervical cancer and i dont know how to start it. ive never been good with the starting sentence of a report! Pleaase help !

Hi there! I'll help you!

I am a cytotechnologist, the laboratory specialist that screens Pap tests for cervical cancer.

Cervical cancer is cancer of the cervix, or opening to the uterus or womb in women.

Cervical cancer is caused by a sexually transmitted virus called HPV or Human Papilloma Virus. The virus is transmitted through skin-to-skin contact.

There are over 100 different strains of HPV, but not all of them cause cervical cancer. Two of the most common and aggressive strains are 16 and 18, but there are other strains that are more aggressive. The virus strains or viral-types are all given numbers. Some of the HPV viral types cause things like common warts. These strains don't cause cervical cancer.

Most women who are sexually active will contract HPV by the time they are 24 years old. The good thing is that most of them will clear the infection and never get cervical cancer. 18% of women will develop the pre-cursor lesions to cervical cancer called dysplasia. Of those women, 50% will go onto developing cervical cancer.

But there is good news! No woman ever needs to die of cervical cancer. A simple test is available, created by Dr. Papanicolaou called the Pap smear which screens for cervical cancer or pre-cancerous cells.

A Pap smear is a screening test performed by a doctor. He takes a brush or spatula and scrapes a few skin cells off of the cervix and places it on a slide, and then sending it to the lab where a cytotechnologist stains the slide to color the cells, and screens it using a microscope to look for abnormal cells. By getting regular yearly Pap tests, cervical cancer deaths have been reduced by 75% in the US.

In recent years, new liquid-based Pap tests have been developed. These help the cytotechnologist by concentrating cells in a smaller area on the slide, making the cancerous cells easier to find.

Another test called an HPV test can also be done on liquid-based Pap test specimens. A small amount of the sample is tested using a method called hybrid capture. This uses antibodies to detect several strains of HPV that are known to cause cervical cancer. A Positive HPV test means that the woman is more likely to develop cervical cancer in the future, but doesn't mean she has it. She still needs to get regular Pap tests to check her cells for cancer.

There is a new vaccine out that may prevent women from developing 2 of the 50 strains of cervical cancer causing HPV viral types. We still don't know how effective it will be.

I am attaching several links to professional sites for you to look at. There is a lot of information, handouts, powerpoint presentations and stuff on each of them. Go through them thoroughly and you will find everything you need for your paper, including pictures.

If you are really interested in doing something cool as a career, become a cytotechnologist! What we do every day saves people's lives. We get to find cancer cells for breast cancer, lung cancer, cervical cancer, and anywhere where you can imagine. We make REALLY good money and there aren't a lot of us out there, so we can always get a job.

Good luck with your paper! Source(s): http://www.asct.com
http://www.ascp.org/careerlinks/labcaree...
http://www.cytopathology.org/website/art...
http://health.nih.gov/result.asp/120...
http://www.cdc.gov/std/hpv/stdfact-hpv.h...