Cervical Cancer
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Cervical Cancer: What Every Woman Should Know
Detecting Cervical Cancer: Diagnostic Testing
Detecting Cervical Cancer: Diagnostic Testing
These procedures are used to diagnose cervical cancer:
- Colposcopy: Your doctor examines your cervix with a special microscope (colposcope). If your doctor finds a suspicious area during the colposcopy, a small piece of cervical tissue is removed and sent to a lab to be studied.
- Conization: Using a special knife or laser, a doctor will remove a cone-shaped piece of tissue from the cervix for analysis in a lab.
- Endocervical curettage: A sample of cells is taken from your cervical opening. The sample is then analyzed in a lab.
By Jenilee Matz, MPH. Published January 29, 2013. Jenilee is a medical writer, health educator, and triathlete based in Charlotte, NC.
