How patients benefit when you add an HPV test to screening for cervical Ca
OBG Management. 2007 April;19(04):42-48
April 1, 2007|OBG Management
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Together, a previous abnormal Pap test, infrequent screening, and a current positive HPV test warrant special handling of this patient’s case
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FIGURE 2 Two-quadrant CIN 2,3
High-grade lesions begin as a monoclonal cell change that enlarges centrifugally. Hence, increasing size is suspect for increasing duration of presence and increasing risk for cancer, because risk of invasion is proportional to lesion size.
There’s more to be said about HPV and Pap testing!
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