The sample is examined to identify abnormalities in the cervical cells. Pap tests are estimated to prevent 95% of cervical cancers due to early detection. A Pap test does not identify the HPV virus.

Results: Abnormal anal cytology, including atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance, low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions, or high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSILs ...

This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Hawaii Pacific Health. Patients were selected from the gynecologic cytology practice of a community commercial laboratory, which ...

turns focus to the management of high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSIL) following incomplete conization ... OCT was demonstrated to be promising in the early detection of cervical ...

The cytological smears were classified according to the Bethesda system: negative for intraepithelial lesion or malignancy (NILM), LSIL, HSIL, or cervical cancer (CC). All HSIL and CC diagnoses were ...