Cervical Cancer (Colposcopy)

Colposcopists Discuss Abnormal Smears

Published in Women's Health Weekly, May 11th, 1998

Persistent borderline Pap smears and the question of screening women over age 50 were two topics discussed at the British Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology meeting held April 23-25, 1998, in Cheltenham, United Kingdom.

According to a news brief in the May 2, 1998, issue of the Lancet (1998;351(9112)), researcher Mary Packer, with the South Cleveland Hospital in Middlesborough, "reported that persistent borderline smears -- two smears taken six months apart -- now account for 61 percent of colposcopy referrals, compared with 35 percent a year ago."

Of 156 women undergoing the procedure, 20 percent were found to have no abnormality, 6...

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