A woman has been diagnosed with cervical carcinoma in situ and asks the healthcare professional to explain it to her. What description by the professional is best?

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The progressive neoplastic changes of cervical cells are classified on a continuum from cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (dysplasia) to cervical carcinoma in situ (full epithelial thickness of the cervix is involved), which is generally a precursor of invasive carcinoma of the cervix to invasive carcinoma of the cervical tissue. Dysplasia is the condition of having abnormal cells that have replaced normal ones and could become cancerous. Invasive cancer is one that has spread. In CIN grade, only the top layer of the endothelium is affected.

A Woman Has Been Diagnosed with Cervical Carcinoma in Situ