Recurrence after treatment for high-grade dysplasia: should we modify our post-treatment surveillance protocols?

Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol

Sydney Gynaecologic Oncology Group, Sydney Cancer Centre, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Published: August 2006

A cohort of women, having undergone an excisional procedure for high-grade cervical dysplasia, was studied to identify those patients who developed recurrent high-grade cervical dysplasia post-treatment. We have confirmed that recurrent histologically confirmed high-grade cervical dysplasia is uncommon after complete excision and appears not to occur within the first 6 months post-treatment. Post-treatment surveillance protocols should incorporate these findings.

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