Is it necessary to repeat cervical cytology at the tie of a colposcopy? É necessário repetir a citologia cervical no momento da colposcopia?

OBJECTIVES: to evaluate whether repeating Papanicolaou smear testing at the time of colposcopy improves agreement between cytology and histopathology in the diagnosis of cervical cancer. METHODS: this cross-sectional study included 397 women referred for colposcopic evaluation following an abnormal...

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Main Authors: Leticia Maria Correia Katz, Alex Sandro Rolland Souza, Juliana Melo de Moraes Guerra, Melania Maria Ramos Amorim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Materno Infantil de Pernambuco 2012-09-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Saúde Materno Infantil
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-38292012000300011