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

• Main Authors: Leticia Maria Correia Katz (Author), Alex Sandro Rolland Souza (Author), Juliana Melo de Moraes Guerra (Author), Melania Maria Ramos Amorim (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Instituto Materno Infantil de Pernambuco, 2012-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...