To compare all available accuracy data on screening strategies for identifying cervical
intraepithelial neoplasia grade≥ 2 in healthy asymptomatic women, we performed a …

Cervical screening in England commenced in a disorganized fashion in 1964. The flaws of
this approach became apparent in the mid‐1980s and led to the inception of the National …

OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine the validity of colposcopically directed cervical
biopsies as a diagnostic test to define the degree of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) …

Background: To document the effect of bivalent HPV immunisation on cervical cytology as a
screening test and assess the implications of any change, using a retrospective analysis of …

A. Evered and N. Dudding Accuracy and perceptions of virtual microscopy compared with
glass slide microscopy in cervical cytology Objective: To evaluate virtual microscopy in terms …

Cervical cancer is the second most common type of cancer in women worldwide.
Preinvasive disease can be detected by cervical cytology. All currently available cytology …

Objective To assess the sensitivity, the number needed to screen (NNS) and the positive
predictive value (PPV) of cervical cytology for the diagnosis of cancer by age in a screening …

Background Twenty percent of women referred to colposcopy have a type 3 transformation
zone—where colposcopic assessment for high-grade dysplasia (CIN2+) is not possible. This …

Quality-assured, comprehensive, cytology-based population screening programmes have
resulted in a substantial decline in the incidence of, and mortality from, cervical cancer …

BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of low‐grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL), cannot
exclude high‐grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL‐H) was not included in the 2001 …