It is still worth treating CIN 2 to prevent cervical cancer

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Adapted from BMJ 2 Dec 2023

Should women have grade 2 cervical intraepithelial cancer treated with large loop excision or should they just be kept under surveillance?

A Danish study sought to find out. Women who had CIN 2 diagnosed between the ages of 18-40 were followed up from 1998 to 2020. The study involved 27.5 thousand women.

The cumulative risk for cervical cancer was only 2.65% but women who had had the loop excision biopsy were four times less likely to get cervical cancer.

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