Is CIN3 considered cancer?

Is CIN3 considered cancer?

CIN 3 is not cancer, but may become cancer and spread to nearby normal tissue if not treated. Treatment for CIN 3 may include cryotherapy, laser therapy, loop electrosurgical procedure (LEEP), or cone biopsy to remove or destroy the abnormal tissue. CIN 3 is sometimes called high-grade or severe dysplasia.

How fast does CIN3 progress cancer?

For CIN 3, the estimated spontaneous regression rate is 32 to 47 percent, with 12 to 40 percent progressing to invasive cancer if untreated [8-13].

What are the symptoms of CIN3?

The most important symptom is bleeding after sex. Bleeding in between periods as well can be an early warning sign of cervical cancer. Later on you can get backache; you can get pelvic pain, like period pains. But these are signs of later cervical cancer.

What does CIN3 mean?

CIN 3. CIN 3 means the full thickness of the cervical surface layer is affected by abnormal cells. CIN 3 is also called carcinoma-in-situ. This sounds like cancer, but CIN 3 is not cervical cancer. Cancer develops when the deeper layers of the cervix are affected by abnormal cells.

What is the risk of CIN 3?

Women with CIN3 have a long-lasting twofold increased risk of developing cervical cancer. The majority of women who developed cervical cancer after CIN3 were compliant to the post-treatment follow-up program. The risk of cervical cancer increases with CIN3 diagnosis at older age and further ageing during follow-up.

What percentage of CIN3 turns to cancer?

However, it is estimated that 5% of CIN 2 and 12% of CIN 3 cases will progress to invasive cancer if untreated. In general, it takes 10 to 20 years for CIN to progress to cancer, allowing a significant time period for detection and treatment. Progression from CIN to cancer requires persistent HPV infection.

Can CIN 3 come back?

A doctor explains that the chances of recurrence after treatment for CIN3 / CGIN are small. If CIN3 has been completely treated, in other words the abnormality has been removed in it’s entirety with a zone of normal tissue around it, then the chances of it recurring are very, very small.