OBJECTIVE: To present our clinical experience using a repeat Papanicolaou smear and
human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA testing to evaluate patients with low-grade cytologic …

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

BACKGROUND There is an increasing number of articles regarding the long term follow‐up
of Papanicolaou (Pap) smears with the diagnosis of atypical squamous cells of …

BACKGROUND. Early cytologic detection and treatment of high‐grade squamous
intraepithelial lesion (HSIL) is critical to cervical cancer prevention. The term atypical …

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the cervical cytologic smear history of women with carcinoma in situ
(CIS). STUDY DESIGN: We examined cytologic smears obtained within the three-year …

Objective: To determine risk factors of high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN 2-3)
among women with atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASC-US) …

The objective of this study was to estimate:(i) the sensitivity of cytologists in recognizing
abnormal smears;(ii) the sensitivity of cervical cytology as a method of detecting abnormal …

Objective. It has been reported that approximately 50% of invasive cervical malignancies are
diagnosed in patients who have never been screened and that 10% of the remaining …

To estimate the risk of being diagnosed with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) 2/3 or
invasive cervical cancer (ICC) based on diagnostic and screening procedures performed …

The 3-year screening interval recommended by the American Cancer Society would appear
to decrease the detection of premalignant and malignant disease. The authors have shown …