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I have had 3 smears and 2 colpscopies all with inadequate results booked for 3rd one soon what happens if get another inadequate result should i worry?
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Not to worry: Inadequacy of tissue in a specimen is annoying, and not uncommon, but it is not at all a predictor of cancer. There is every reason to think that your next biopsy will be negative.
Answered 12/30/2013
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