Low-Grade Pap Smears Containing Occasional High-Grade Cells as a Predictor of High-Grade Dysplasia

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 884-887

  Power, Patti ^a   Gregoire, Jean ^b   Duggan, Máire ^c   Nation, Jill ^d  

^a Dr H Bliss Murphy Cancer Center   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

ASC H; Bethesda; Colposcopy; LSIL cannot exclude high grade; Management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALBERTA; ARTICLE; BETHESDA CLASSIFICATION; COLPOSCOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; LOOP ELECTROSURGICAL EXCISION PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL APPROACH; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX DYSPLASIA; ADOLESCENT; AGED; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PRECANCER; RISK FACTOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STANDARD; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, SQUAMOUS CELL; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 36048960550     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)32280-0     Document Type: Article

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