Cervical Cancer Screening
Cervical neoplasia is hard to detect due to natural cervical topography
Published in Cancer Weekly, December 13th, 2005
A study by investigators in the United States was undertaken "to evaluate the topographic distribution of precancerous intraepithelial lesions on the cervix."
R.S. Guido and colleagues "studied the distribution of cervical biopsies and location of acetowhite lesions as determined by cervigrams among women who underwent a colposcopic examination and biopsy during the ASCUS-LSIL Triage Study (ALTS)."
"More biopsies were taken in the 12 o'clock (41.4%) and 6 o'clock (28.4%) quadrants than in 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock quadrant (15.8% and 14.5%,...
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Source: Cancer Weekly (2005-12-13)
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