Background: The diagnosis of atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS) during cervical screening indicates cellular abnormality but is not sufficient for a definitive diagnosis ...

If your Pap smear comes back with abnormal results, you'll likely require further testing. Common procedures that follow an abnormal Pap test are a colposcopy and a biopsy. Colposcopy: During a ...

The Papanicolaou (Pap) smear is commonly used to screen for ... Women with positive test results underwent colposcopy and biopsy, as did a random sample of women who tested negative.

A colposcopy allows your doctor to get ... a portion of those cells will then be removed for biopsy. Abnormal cells from a pap smear could be an indication of cervical cancer.

Approximately 11,500 new cases of cervical cancer are diagnosed each year and, sadly, roughly 4,000 women will succumb to the disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But ...

A British mother died from Stage IV cervical cancer after her doctors wrongly marked an abnormal pap smear and biopsy as clear. Kerry Pugh, 48, passed away in June 2022 after she was told her ...

Completed evaluation was consistent with American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical ... neoplasia were confirmed on biopsy. Average age of patients at index Pap smear was 34.2 years (range ...

If the Pap smear is abnormal, a colposcopy may be performed ... If needed, small samples of tissue (biopsy) can be removed to examine for signs of cancer. Treatment depends on the degree of dysplasia.

Laura McAdam has urged women to attend smear test appointments after ... Laura McAdam was just 31 when a biopsy, taken during a colposcopy, confirmed she had cervical cancer.