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Is CIN 3 Equivalent To Stage 0 Cervical Cancer?

Posted on Fri, 5 Dec 2014

Question: 1) Is CIN 3 equivalent to Stage 0 Cervical Cancer?
2) Is Carcinoma in situ the same as CIN 3?
3) Is Carcinoma in situ the XXXXXXX as Stage 0 cervical cancer?

Please answer each question separately. Thank you.

Answered by Dr. Michelle Gibson James (33 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
answers below

Detailed Answer:
HI, thanks for using healthcare magic

(1)stage 0 is the same as carcinoma in situ. Carinoma in situ is a form of CIN 3. There are different ways of classifying cervical lesions. In one classification, CIN 3 can be severe dysplasia or carcinoma in situ.
Carcinoma in situ can be considered the severe form of CIN 3.

(2)it is a form of CIN 3

(3)Carcinoma in situ is the same of stage 0 cervical cancer.

I hope this helps, feel free to ask any other questions

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Michelle Gibson James (17 minutes later)

So, just because I have severe CIN 3, it doesn't mean I have carcinoma in situ?

And just because I have severe CIN 3, it doesn't mean I have Stage 0 cervical cancer?

Answered by Dr. Michelle Gibson James (6 hours later)

Brief Answer:
as below

Detailed Answer:
HI

IF the CIN 3 is carcinoma in situ, then it is stage 0 because carcinoma in situ is the same as stage 0 cervical cancer.

But CIN 3 does not have to mean carcinoma in situ by most of the classification systems.

IF the CIN3 is the most severe type - carcinoma in situ- then it is stage 0

Hope this clarifies this for you

Please feel free to ask if it remains unclear

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar