Purpose: To evaluate the accuracy of conventional and new methods of Papanicolaou (Pap)
testing when used to detect cervical cancer and its precursors. Data Sources: Systematic …

Please cite this paper as: Underwood M, Arbyn M, Parry‐Smith W, De Bellis‐Ayres S, Todd
R, Redman CWE, Moss EL. Accuracy of colposcopy‐directed punch biopsies: a systematic …

New cervical cancer prevention strategies are arising from rapidly improving insight into
human papillomavirus (HPV) natural history and cervical carcinogenesis, challenging the …

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) …

The purpose of this work was to study intraobserver and interobserver variation in the
interpretation of colposcopic images of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN). Twenty-three …

Abstract Background and Objective: The diagnostic potentials of ultraviolet‐excitation
fluorescence spectroscopy and diffuse‐reflectance spectroscopy of tissue are assessed in a …

Objective: To calculate receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves for fluorescence
spectroscopy in order to measure its performance in the diagnosis of squamous …

OBJECTIVE.: To assess whether the use of a novel optical detection system (ODS) as an
adjunct to colposcopy increases the detection of biopsy-confirmed CIN 2, 3. METHODS …

Immature and dysplastic cervical squamous epithelium whitens after the application of acetic
acid during a colposcopic examination. The whitening process occurs visually over several …

Colposcopic examination and biopsy were performed on 100 patients with abnormal
cervical cytology. All were suitable for ablative therapy but were treated by loop excision of …