Well a friend of mine got a cancer check and when she went to the doctor again they said that they saw cell abnormalities, what consequences can happen if they see that during a cancer check? What can happen from that?
2007-12-26 09:09:01 · 4 answers · asked by korrupted... 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
[IT was a PAP test]
2007-12-26 09:45:18 · update #1
Getting "abnormal" cell on a pap smear is really very common and very rarely means you actually have cancer. Firstly, abnormal cells can be detected because the test hasn't been done well. Even when there are abnormal cells, this doesn't mean they are cancer cells by any measure. Cervical cancer normally takes years to develop and long before it does, you start to see some cell changes- these cells become "abnormal" as in they are not like cancer cells, but they are very far from actually being cancer cells.
Mild changes in the cells, known as CIN1 or LGSIL, are pretty common and mostly go away by themselves. So the doctor will generally just request 6 month pap smears at intervals to check and see if the changes persist or go away. Less than 1 in 100 women with mild changes will develop cervical cancer.
Moderate or severe changes, known as CIN2/3 or HGSIL still don't mean cancer- it is only that the risk of cancer many years down the line is much higher (about 1 in 50 for CIN2 and 1 in 3 for CIN3) if they don't treat the abnormal cells. Treating of the abnormal cells can be done as an outpatient under local anaesthetic and resolves the problem for life in most cases.
Only about 1 in 1000 "abnormal" smears is actually cancer, so your friend really shouldn't worry!
2007-12-27 02:26:31 · answer #1 · answered by Rachel84 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They'll make a decision based on what abnormalities are found. Ifg they are only slight then she'll be advised to have more regular checks than usual. If they are advanced abnormalities she'll be asked to go for a colposcopy which is a camera that can look at the cells on the cervix. During thw colposcopy they'll probably take a sample of cells callked a biopsy and send them for testing. Depending on diagnosis, she may be asked to continue with regular pap tests or start a course of treatment to see if the abnormal cells will go. If the biopsy is returned as cancerous then she'll be given the option of which treatment(s) she'd like but it is fairly unlikly to go that far. Remember, abnormal pap results are very common and rarely turn out to be something to worry about. Hope that helps and good luck.
2007-12-30 04:46:23 · answer #2 · answered by samsam 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the next step will be a biopsy, where the abnormal cell growth is located. this will determine if the cells are malignant, if malignant then they will know what type of cancer your friend has, the stage and what course of treatment options they will take in treating the cancer.
2007-12-26 13:03:44 · answer #3 · answered by sunshine 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your body fights cancer every single day of your life. If you do not give it proper nutrition cancer can and will develop.
Get on a very nutritional balanced diet of fruits and veggies,
Leave off the meats, dairy, processed foods, sodas...all of these have links to some serious diseases> Get a copy of Dr. Campbell's book, "the China Study"
A good nutritional supplement is Juice Plus+ http://www.juiceplus.com/nsa/pages/Home.soa?site=Lb53116 Go to web site and check out the research.
2007-12-26 10:10:11 · answer #4 · answered by Lyn B 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋