The cervix is normally pinkish-white and grayish-white tissue of the cervix does not mean that it is cancerous. When a pathology examination of the cervix is done, tissue from the cervix is taken and sent for testing, and the pathology department will look at the specifics of the specimen taken before performing the examination. When the pathology sheet describes grayish-white tissue from the cervix, it simply indicates that the color of the specimen that was sent in was grayish-white and that it was tissue taken from the cervix; it is simply a description and does not represent the results of the test. The focus of reading the results of the pathology sheet is on the final conclusion reached. If it is a cancer of the cervix, then the final result will clearly indicate which type of cervical cancer it is, such as squamous or adenocarcinoma. If the final pathology result suggests that there is an epitheliomatous lesion of the cervix, inflammation of the cervix, or warts, then the patient does not have cervical cancer.