Dear Ryan:

Wikipedia has an entry on what your friend’s doctor was concerned about: Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN), also known as cervical dysplasia, which is the abnormal growth of cells on the surface of the cervix that could potentially lead to cervical cancer. Any part of the entry may be useful to her and/ or to your understanding of the condition. The entry states that in the U.S., between a quarter of a million to a million American women are diagnosed with CIN annually, and most develop it between the ages of 25 to 35.

anita