Cervical squamous intraepithelial neoplasia 2
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Cervical squamous intraepithelial neoplasia 2 is a condition in which moderately abnormal cells grow on the thin layer of tissue that covers the cervix. These abnormal cells are not malignant (cancerous) but may become cancer. Also called CIN 2.
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