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Is a pap smear enough to diagnose cervical cancer, or is biopsy necessary?

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Depends: Pap smear is usually a screening tool that if abnormal prompts one to do a colposcopy with biopsy to definitively diagnose cervical cancer. Although ca in situ can be seen initially with a pap smear.

Answered 7/12/2013

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I had HPV 16 6 or 7 years ago and had to have a cone biopsy. I go yearly to get paps and was clear last year. I'm having back pain and a brownish discharge. Last period was a week and a half ago. Could it be cervical cancer?

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I need to have tests done to rule out cervical cancer. Will a Pap smear diagnose if I do?

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Can a pap smear diagnose cancers beyond the cervix or can is it limited to the cervix and vagina?

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Can a pap smear diagnose cancer beyond the cervix or does it only check for "cervical cancer"?

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40 yo healthy,nonsmoker woman.Never miss a pap smear-last pap was 2019-hpv neg and normal.Last week had colposcopy due to this yr's pap showing hpv 16,but pap nrml,biopsy came back CIN3.Getting Leep.What r chances Leep will come back cancer?Unlikely?

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