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1 - The Pap Smear

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2021

By
Fatima Mir  and
Lin Cheng
Edited by
Ji-Weon Park ,
Paolo Gattuso ,
Vijaya B. Reddy  and
Shahla Masood
Ji-Weon Park
Affiliation:
Rush University, Chicago
Paolo Gattuso
Affiliation:
Rush University, Chicago
Vijaya B. Reddy
Affiliation:
Rush University, Chicago
Shahla Masood
Affiliation:
University of Florida
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Summary

The latest guidelines for cervical cancer screening by the American Society of Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (ASCCP) was published in 2012. The new ASCCP risk-based management consensus guidelines are under development and are scheduled for publication in 2020. According to the US Preventative Services Task Force, the most recent recommendations (which apply to individuals who have a cervix, regardless of their sexual history or HPV vaccination status; not applicable to individuals who have been diagnosed with a high-grade precancerous cervical lesion or cervical cancer, individuals with in utero exposure to diethylstilbestrol, or those who have a compromised immune system) as of August 2018 include

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Differential Diagnosis in Cytopathology , pp. 1 - 36
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Print publication year: 2021

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