The reproducibility of reporting squamous lesions by the Bethesda System (TBS) was
evaluated by distributing 20 slides to be classified among 5 panelists considered experts in …

BACKGROUND The purpose of the current study was to compare the efficacy of liquid‐
based cytology and conventional smears in the cytologic follow‐up of cases with “atypical …

BACKGROUND Papanicolaou smear sensitivity for cervical adenocarcinoma (CVCA) is not
well established. Also uncertain are the relative contributions to falsely negative diagnoses …

BACKGROUND Some cervical/vaginal Papanicolaou (Pap) smears previously diagnosed
as normal in women with a high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL) are found to …

The Pap test (PT) is most commonly used as a screening test; however, it is often also used
as a “diagnostic test,” usually in patients of known or suspected lesions. As we have recently …

Very few medical issues have received as much attention in the lay press and the national
political scene in the last 3 or 4 years than screening cervicovaginal cytologic examination …

Since its introduction as a screen for cervical cancer in the late 1940s, the Pap smear has
become one of the most widely accepted screening procedures for cancer. Numerous …

Abstract Background. Although Papanicolaou cytology represents the most effective
technique to prevent and detect precancerous conditions of the uterine cervix, its false …

Federally‐mandated quality control (QC) in Papanicolaou (Pap) smear testing requires
rescreening of 10% of negative smears, to include cases selected randomly as well as …

Objective: To estimate the incidence of dysplasia in patients with Papanicolaou smears
showing atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS) and low-grade …