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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2002 94(12):878-880; doi:10.1093/jnci/94.12.878
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 94, No. 12, 878-880, June 19, 2002
© 2002 Oxford University Press

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New Pap Test Terminology, Management Guidelines Published

Renee Twombly

Advances in technology and the latest information from clinical trials have led to revisions in the system used to classify results of Pap smears and to new guidelines for the management of abnormal cytology results.

In what is considered a milestone, an expert group of clinicians, pathologists, researchers, and patient advocates worked for a year to produce a document that spells out how laboratories should report results of Pap smears. A second group folded that new terminology into updated guidelines for managing abnormal results. The revised reporting standard, called the 2001 Bethesda System, and the new evidence-based management guidelines, prepared under the sponsorship of the American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (ASCCP), were published in the April 24 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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New Evidence, Better Techniques

Updating Terminology

Collaborative Efforts


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