Sentences with phrase «if precancerous»

The best way to determine if precancerous or cancerous cells are present is with a Pap test.

If precancerous cells remain untreated and develop into cervical cancer, there's a chance you'll need a hysterectomy (removal of the uterus), which would rule out any future pregnancies.

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If left untreated, GERD can eventually lead to growth problems, narrowing or closure of the esophagus, chronic pneumonia, Barrett's esophagus (a precancerous condition), and apnea (a tendency to stop breathing during sleep).

IMAGINE if cancer could be kept at bay by killing off precancerous cells every few months, much as dentists scrape away plaque to prevent tooth decay.

The reason, he said, is that if a TERT promoter mutation arises to push a precancerous lesion — the mole or nevus — toward a melanoma, the chances are greater in someone with short telomeres that the cell will die before it up - regulates telomerase and immortalizes the cells.

At each clinic visit, women were characterized as normal, HPV - positive, or HSIL (HPV - positive with high - grade squamous intraepithelial lesions, a precancerous lesion that may progress to cervical cancer if untreated).

If polyps are found in the colon, they are removed and sent to a pathologist for biopsy, an examination under a microscope that detects cancerous or precancerous cells.

Aspirin has been shown to reduce the risk of colorectal cancer and precancerous polyps, and in a pair of studies published earlier this year, researchers found that people were less likely to develop or die from cancers — including those of the lung, prostate, and bladder — if they took aspirin daily.

A biopsy will tell you specifically if you have cancer or precancerous changes.

It's not known if new HPV infections will lead to precancerous cervical changes in older women, says Cosette Wheeler, PhD, a professor of molecular genetics and microbiology at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, in Albuquerque.

Chronic, severe acid reflux can damage the esophagus if it's not treated, and can even lead to a precancerous condition known as Barrett's esophagus, or esophageal cancer.

I would hope to have the colonoscopy on August 3rd if possible to remove the precancerous flat polyps, tricky place to get at.

Question why if soy or edamame snacks are so good for breasts, flax is so healthy, and bioidentical hormones such a good way for women to stay young and sexy then why do they cause these unusual vascular and precancerous changes in breast tissue?

Depending on those results, the next step might be surgery to remove the growth, especially if the growth is considered precancerous.

And a false negative result might allow precancerous cells to develop into cancer if they are not detected in a future round of Pap testing.

Colposcopy — a procedure to look more closely at the cervix to see if there are precancerous cells.

A colposcopy: a special exam to look more closely at your cervix to see if there are precancerous cells.

This testing can be another Pap test, an HPV test, or a colposcopy — a procedure that helps your doctor look more closely at your cervix to see if there are precancerous cells.