The histopathological classification of a disease should reflect both current concepts of its
pathogenesis as well as its clinical behavior. Over the last 50 years our understanding of the …

The 2001 Bethesda System for Reporting Cervical Cytology recommends reporting benign
exfoliated endometrial cells in women age 40 and older, and a review of the literature …

The success of the routine Papanicolaou (pap) smear in reducing the incidence and
mortality of cervical cancer has been chronicled extensively. Unfortunately, endometrial …

The BSCC terminology was originally published in 1986 and although highly successful,
requires revision. Through a process of professional consensus and literature review this …

We assessed the usefulness of revised Bethesda System reporting of exfoliated benign
endometrial cells (EMs) in postmenopausal women. Cervicovaginal cytology specimens …

Objective To investigate the sensitivity and specificity of the Pap smear for detection of
adenocarcinoma in situ of the cervix (AIS), endocervical adenocarcinoma (ECAC) and …

Background Exfoliated endometrial cells can be seen in cervical smears in association with
a wide variety of conditions ranging from normal proliferative endometrium to endometrial …

Abstract BACKGROUND The 2001 Bethesda System recommends reporting benign
endometrial cells (BECs) in women aged≥ 40 years and considers these women at risk for …

Background: The 2014 Bethesda System recommends reporting the finding of benign-
appearing, exfoliated endometrial cells on Papanicolaou (Pap) tests in women aged 45 …

OBJECTIVES.: The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of the Bethesda System
2001 recommendation of reporting cytologically benign appearing endometrial cells (BEC) …