Follow-up after treatment for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia

Women who have been treated for cervical precancer are much more likely to develop cervical cancer (41). A number of case series of cancer demonstrated that over 50% of cancers occur in women who are lost to follow-up (42) and that this increase in risk lasts for 20 years or more. Involved excision margins at histology is a par­ticular marker and women aged 50 years or older are particularly