Understanding ASCUS Pap Smear Results: What Does It Mean?

Question
hi
i was wondering what is ASCUS with nothing behind it can this be cancer or will it go away

Answer
Dear Jodi,   Instead of trying to explain this here in this SMALL amount of room, I am going to give you some helpful web sites to read and then if you have specific questions, you can get back to me with them....

www.medfamily.org/medArticle105.html

www.yourmedicalsource.com/library/papsmear/PAP_accurate.html

If your doctor did not tell you to have another pap-smear done in 6 moths or 12 months, then you need to make sure you follow-up yourself...  If the second pap-smear comes back with the same thing, then your doctor should consider a more aggressive for of pap smear as you will read in this 1st article...

thank you,   karen