Is it necessary to do a biopsy if the TCT is normal?

With the emergence of various diseases and the increase in the number of illnesses, health issues and disease prevention awareness have been recognized by more and more people. Some people will conduct regular physical examinations so that they can detect some diseases more immediately and carry out relevant treatments in time. For cancer, especially cervical cancer, TCT examination is an initial screening test. So, what if the TCT is normal but the biopsy is cancer?

What is TCT examination?

TCT technology is the most advanced technology used in the screening of cervical cancer in women. Generally, TCT examination is only the first step in the examination of cervical lesions. If TCT shows problems, the patient should further undergo colposcopy or pathological diagnosis to accurately diagnose the condition; but if the TCT test data shows that it is good, these tests may no longer be necessary, but you still need to pay attention to regular follow-up visits. In addition, although TCT examination is one of the new technologies for screening cervical cancer, if the doctor requires you to do a puncture biopsy after the examination, it is mainly because there are abnormal changes on your cervix that need further elimination.

TCT is normal but the biopsy is cancer. What's going on?

First, the general TCT examination of the cervix is ​​a basic screening for cervical cancer. If some areas are not cleared, the results may not be absolutely accurate. Therefore, it is possible that the TCT is normal but the biopsy test is cancer.

Second, it may be that the cytological examination may not be able to detect tumor cells. Generally, we should use puncture biopsy pathology as the standard to check whether there is cancer.

Third, TCT examination is only a screening for cervical precancerous lesions, and it is not certain and there is a possibility of error. Only puncture biopsy is the most accurate.

The above is the response to the TCT examination and why the TCT is normal but the biopsy test is cancer. The TCT examination is actually just an initial screening test for cervical cancer. A positive test result cannot be used to determine whether a person has cancer. It only means that the probability of having cancer is relatively low. The best way to check whether there is cancer is through a puncture biopsy.