The pap test and bethesda 2014: "The reports of my demise have been greatly exaggerated." (After a quotation from Mark Twain)

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 121-132

  Nayar, Ritu ^a,b   Wilbur, David C ^c,d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bethesda atlas; Cervical cytology; Pap test; Reporting; The Bethesda System

Indexed keywords

BETHESDA SYSTEM; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CYTOPATHOLOGY; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE DATABASE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM CELL; SQUAMOUS INTRAEPITHELIAL LESION OF THE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; CANCER GRADING; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; NOMENCLATURE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR;

HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS;

CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM GRADING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 84930930985     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000381842     Document Type: Review

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