title: Cryosurgical treatment of early cervical intraepithelial neoplasia.
abstract: Two hundred forty patients, ages 12 to 54 years, with biopsy-confirmed early cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN I) treated by cryosurgery were reviewed. CIN I has been viewed historically as having high rates of remission or stabilization. The initial cure rate was 89%, with a 97% cure rate after retreatment of failures. All failures were confirmed histologically. The initial cure rates are no better than those for higher grades of CIN. Thus, CIN I should be viewed with the same seriousness as CIN II or CIN III.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003452:Cryosurgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D002578:Uterine Cervical Dysplasia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*