During the past four decades, incidence and mortality have declined significantly, primarily because of the utilization of the Papanicolaou (Pap) test to detect cervical abnormalities. Evidence-based research led to clinical practice guidelines established by the ACS and ACOG in 2003 for screening of ...
The upper age limit for discontinuing cervical screening remains the same in the revised ACOG\"s guidelines, which recommend stopping cervical cancer screening at age 65 or 70 years for women who have at least 3 consecutive negative cytology results and no abnormal test results in the previous 10...
2012 Updated Consensus Guidelines for the Management ofAbnormal Cervical Cancer Screening Tests and Cancer Precursors. J Low GenitTract Dis 2013;17:S1–S27 HPV检测是ASC-US分流的很有效方法。当HPV阴性时,癌前病变的风险非常低。在Kaiser PermanenteNorthern California队列研究中,30-64岁ASC-US+HPV(-)...
Reflex HPV testing is positive for high risk type. She has never had a prior abnormal pap smear, and has been following the recommended screening guidelines. She is asymptomatic. Her pelvic exam reveals a normal cervix with a small amount of cervical mucous. What is the next best step in ...
*Massad LS, Einstein MH, Huh WK, Katki HA,Kinney WK, Schiffman M, et al, for the 2012 ASCCP Consensus GuidelinesConference. 2012 Updated Consensus Guidelines for the Management of AbnormalCervical Cancer Screening Tests and Cancer Precursors. J Low Genit Tract Dis 2013;17:S1–S27 ...
In addition, routine screening of pregnant patients for asymptomatic urinary tract infections at each prenatal visit is recommended in order to prevent urinary tract infection, which can cause preterm labor. A pelvic ultrasound is not indicated at this point. A 27-year-old G0 woman presents due ...
also supported the new reduced screening guidelines."Our country's leading scientists are supportive of the types of efforts ACOG put together," said Alan Kaye, chairman of the cancer coalition's board of directors. "It has nothing to do with health care rationing. If it did, we'd be the...
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