The average number of years from cervical polyp to cancer

  Cervical polyp is a benign lesion with a small chance of cancer. Whether it will become cancerous and how long it will take to become cancerous varies greatly from one individual to another and cannot be determined, and may last for years or decades.  Cervical polyp is a manifestation of chronic cervicitis, which is a protruding polyp-like lesion of the cervical mucosa caused by prolonged inflammation and adverse stimulation. Although there is a possibility of cancer, but the probability is low, generally at 0.2%-0.4%. As for the occurrence of cervical polyp cancer in several years, it is not medically determined at present, but directly related to the severity of the disease. If cervicitis is more serious or combined with HPV infection, it is prone to carcinogenesis. Therefore, once cervical polyps are found, it is recommended to actively perform cervical polyp removal surgery, even if there are no symptoms, early treatment is also needed to avoid long-term persistence of cervical polyps and carcinogenesis.  In addition, patients can visit the gynecology department to find out whether there are cervical polyps; at the same time, since cervical polyps are easy to recur after surgical removal, patients need to be reviewed regularly after surgery, and gynecological examination should be done routinely once a year.