does a cervical biopsy tell if u have cancer or not or will it just show abdnormal cells?

Answer 1

It can tell you if you have Cervical cancer. Abnormal cells are often pre-cancerous. Cancerous cells should show as such. The thing to keep in mind is that a biopsy, while having a high degree of accuracy, is not 100% though. If abnormal cells are shown, you will likely need a periodic follow-up.

Answer 2

There are different types of cervical biopsies. A colposcopy will tell the degree of the abnormality in the cells. A cone biopsy will remove the abnormal tissue. These are typically used before you actually have cancer...but when the cells are highly abnormal.

Answer 3

I had cervical cancer. The pap smear tells about the abnormal cells and cancer. The biopsy DEFINITELY tells if and how much cancer there is.

Answer 4

That is the purpose of the biopsy. The pap smear tells of irregular cells and then to further that, they do a biopsy to see if the cells are cancerous.

Answer 5

when you biopsy cells it will tell you if the cells are cancerous or not. If the biopsy weren't involved, it would just be like a pap- just a look around- if you know what I mean.

Answer 6

Cancer is abnormal cells just to a severe degree. Yes it will tell you if you have cancer.

Answer 7

l`m no doctor but l would think the test would show any cancer cells that are present , other wise what would be the point of having the test , good question l think , saranora dnear

Answer 8

Yes it will show cancerous and pre-cancerous cells.

Answer 9

Both. First it will show abnormal cells and under magnification it will show exactly how abnormal.