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What does "atypia suspicious cells" mean exactly?
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It depends what kind: of atypia you are referring to. Is this a breast biopsy? Broadly speaking, atypical cells have some of the histologic features of cancer but not enough to be cancer. Atypia is usually considered to be an indicator of an increased risk of cancer, some consider atypia to be a precursor to cancer. If atypia is found on a needle biopsy, a percentage of those get upgraded to carcinoma on excision
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