Menopause Management - Dr. Barbie Taylor

The Uterus & Cervix: One Organ; Two Very Different Cancers (YouTube Video 354)

Here we are at the end of the units on endometrial uterine cancer and cervical cancer. And now it’s time to reflect upon the fact that your uterus and cervix are part of the same organ. But, alas, the cancers that develop in the two are very different. In this podcast, I’ll shed light on the differences and similarities between endometrial uter...

Menopause Management After Cervical Cancer (YouTube Video 353) airing on March 25, 2024

So what if you’ve had cervical cancer, treated it, and cured it. What now? How does the fact that you had cervical cancer affect your menopause management? Are there certain options that are no longer available to you? Or does your history of cervical cancer have no impact at all on your management options? Perhaps, it’s somewhere in betwe...

Prevention of Cervical Cancer With the HPV Vaccine (YouTube Video 352)

There are pro-vaccers and there are anti-vaccers. And that is pertinent to the fact that Cervical Cancer is one of the very few cancers for which we actually have a vaccine to prevent infection with the virus that causes it in the first place. Depending on whether you’re a por-vaccer or an anti-vaccer, you may or may not view that as a good thing. Either ...

Prognosis of Cervical Cancer & Pre-Cancer (YouTube Video 351) 

What if you had to predict the 5-year survival rates for each stage of cervical cancer? Would you have any idea about that at all? How would the survival rates for cervical cancer compare to those for endometrial uterine or breast cancer? And what about the survival rates for cervical pre-cancer? This podcast will give you all this information. And some of it ...

Treatment of Cervical Cancer & Pre-Cancer (YouTube Video 350) 

You’re probably not accustomed to hearing much about cervical cancer. So you may not have ever heard anything about treatment for cervical cancer. On the other hand, you’ve probably heard quite a bit about treatment for cervical pre-cancer. In this podcast, I’ll explain the treatments for each stage of the progression for cervical pre-cancer and every stage of...

Diagnosis of Cervical Cancer & Pre-Cancer (YouTube Video 348

I’ve taught you about how to do screening tests for cervical cancer and pre-cancer, but no screening test gives you an actual verified diagnosis. So, do you know how your doctor makes the actual diagnosis of cervical cancer or pre-cancer? You certainly wouldn’t want to surge ahead with treatment unless you were sure of the precise diagnosis, now, would you? In t...

Screening With Pap Smears versus Screening With HPV Tests (YouTube Video 347

We used to all get an annual pap smear to screen for cervical cancer and never stop doing so. Now you hear about guidelines that recommend a pap only every 3 years, or discontinuing pap screening at some point. You even hear about using a different screening test altogether, and getting it even less frequently than three-year intervals. What’s going ...

Cause of Cervical Cancer  (YouTube Video 346) -

Do you know the actual cause of cervical cancer? In previous podcasts, I’ve taught you about all the risk factors for it. But cause and risk factors are not one and the same. And, while it may see like I got the cart before the horse by teaching you about the risk factors first and the cause second, that’s precisely how it happened historically. Listen to this podcast to learn t...

Screening for Cervical Cancer  (YouTube Video 345) -

You are probably somewhat familiar with the common “pap smear” screening test for cervical cancer. In fact, you’ve probably had your fair share of them during your annual gynecologic exams. But, do you know anything about the history of the pap smear? And do you understand why it’s a success story among screening tests? In this podcast, I’ll teach you all these things. I t...

Anatomy of the Cervix & Cervical Cancer (YouTube Video 342) -

What if you had to describe and explain the anatomy of your cervix? Could you do it? Would you be able to think of an analogy for the appearance of your cervix? And what about how it functions? More importantly, would you be able to cite the specific part of the cervix that is at the crux of cervical cancer? Well, I’ll do all these things in this podcast tuto...

How to Know if You’re at Risk for Cervical Cancer (YouTube video # 341)

Do you know the risk factors for cervical cancer? If not, how are you going to know if you need to prevent it? Knowing the risk factors for any cancer is critical to your ability to prevent it. And if you discover that you really aren’t at significant risk for it, that’s one fewer item on your list of concerns. Listen to this podcast to learn the risk fac...

Cervical Cancer … Compared to Endometrial Uterine Cancer (YouTube video # 340)

What if you had to compare cervical cancer and endometrial uterine cancer? Could you? Your cervix is actually connected to … and a part of … your uterus. But does that mean the cancers of the two sites are similar? In this podcast tutorial, I’ll begin our unit on cervical cancer by contrasting and comparing it to endometrial uterine cancer. Their ...

Mechanical Options for Preventing Endometrial Uterine Cancer (YouTube video # 338)

What if you needed or wanted to rely on a “mechanical” option for preventing endometrial uterine cancer? Would you know what’s available to you? And would you know how those options differ in terms of the actual process of using them or their efficacy? In this podcast tutorial, I’ll reach into my toolkit and show you all the mechanical options...