{"id":625,"date":"2019-04-26T09:40:32","date_gmt":"2019-04-26T09:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/cancerprevention\/?page_id=625"},"modified":"2019-04-26T09:40:32","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T09:40:32","slug":"cervical-intraepithelial-neoplasia-cin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cancerprevention.qmul.ac.uk\/index.php\/cervical-intraepithelial-neoplasia-cin\/","title":{"rendered":"Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia\u00a0(CIN)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia\u00a0(CIN), also known as cervical dysplasia<b>,<\/b> is the abnormal growth of cells on the surface of the cervix that could potentially lead to cervical cancer.<\/p>\n<p>CIN most commonly occurs at the\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Transformation zone\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Transformation_zone\">squamocolumnar junction<\/a>\u00a0of the cervix, a transitional area between the\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Squamous epithelial cell\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Squamous_epithelial_cell\">squamous epithelium<\/a>\u00a0of the vagina and the columnar epithelium of the\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Endocervix\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Endocervix\">endocervix.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CIN\u00a0 is a pre-cancerous condition and does not pose an immediate threat to a person&#8217;s health. But if they&#8217;re not checked and treated, they can potentially develop into cancer. CIN is graded on a 1-3 scale, with 3 being the most abnormal. Generally no treatment is recommended for CIN grade 1 and treatment is always recommended for CIN grade 3. Guidelines differ on whether treatment should be offered for CIN2 grade 2.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia\u00a0(CIN), also known as cervical dysplasia, is the abnormal growth of cells on the surface of the cervix that could potentially lead to cervical cancer. CIN most commonly occurs at the\u00a0squamocolumnar junction\u00a0of the cervix, a transitional area between the\u00a0squamous epithelium\u00a0of the vagina and the columnar epithelium of the\u00a0endocervix. CIN\u00a0 is a pre-cancerous condition&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cancerprevention.qmul.ac.uk\/index.php\/cervical-intraepithelial-neoplasia-cin\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia\u00a0(CIN)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-625","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cancerprevention.qmul.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cancerprevention.qmul.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cancerprevention.qmul.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cancerprevention.qmul.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cancerprevention.qmul.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cancerprevention.qmul.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/625\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cancerprevention.qmul.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}