These findings may indicate severe dysplasia or a precancerous condition. Dysplasia is an error in the formation of new cells. Dysplasia is not cancer. In every part of the body, cells are getting old and dying, while at the same time, new cells are growing to replace them. This process takes place at a very slow rate, and the change is in various stages constantly.
Dysplasia can occur in several places in the body.
Modern diagnostic procedures can identify possibly precancerous conditions. Depending on what your findings are, your gynecologist may use one or more diagnostic and treatment procedures. All women should have a routine pap test annually. You should have your first pap test as soon as you are sexually active, or from the age of 21. The University of Iowa.