{"id":50537,"date":"2025-04-25T21:31:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T01:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hancockhealth.org\/mayo-health-library\/atypical-cells-are-they-cancer\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T11:44:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T16:44:19","slug":"atypical-cells-are-they-cancer","status":"publish","type":"mayo","link":"https:\/\/www.hancockhealth.org\/ja\/mayo-health-library\/atypical-cells-are-they-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Atypical cells: Are they cancer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container mx-auto   wordpress-block wordpress- core-\">\n<p>On occasion you may see a report from a Pap test or tissue biopsy stating &#8220;atypical cells present.&#8221; This might cause you to worry that this means cancer, but atypical cells aren&#8217;t necessarily cancerous.<\/p>\n<p>Many factors can make normal cells appear atypical, including inflammation and infection. Even normal aging can make cells appear abnormal.<\/p>\n<p>Atypical cells can change back to normal cells if the underlying cause is removed or resolved. This can happen spontaneously. Or it can be the result of a specific treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Atypical cells don&#8217;t necessarily mean you have cancer. However, it&#8217;s still important to make sure there&#8217;s no cancer present or that a cancer isn&#8217;t just starting to develop.<\/p>\n<p>If your doctor identifies atypical cells, close follow-up is essential. In some cases, your doctor may simply monitor the atypical cells to make sure they don&#8217;t become more abnormal. Other tests or scans may be useful, depending on your specific circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>In other cases, your doctor may recommend a particular treatment to try to reverse the process that&#8217;s causing the atypical cells. And sometimes, your doctor may need to obtain a sample of tissue &mdash; such as a biopsy &mdash; to make sure you don&#8217;t have cancer or another serious condition.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atypical cells appear abnormal, but they aren&#8217;t necessarily cancerous.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[74,1685,1682,1684],"class_list":["post-50537","mayo","type-mayo","status-publish","hentry","tag-cancer","tag-condition","tag-person-group-concept","tag-theme-of-focus","content_type-answers"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Atypical cells: Are they cancer? - Hancock Health<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hancockhealth.org\/ja\/mayo-health-library\/atypical-cells-are-they-cancer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ja_JP\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Atypical cells: Are they cancer? 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