Increased Rate of ASCUS Diagnosis With Concomitant Request for High-Risk Human Papillomavirus Reflex Testing May Be Due to Cognitive Bias.

Conclusions: HPV-HR reflex testing may introduce bias in cytologic diagnosis, making it more likely that an ASCUS diagnosis is rendered. HPV-HR and ASCUS/SIL ratios were similar between the groups, so cytopathologist performance was not significantly affected. There was no effect of cytopathologists' experience.
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Source: American Journal of Clinical Pathology - March 17, 2018 Category: Pathology Authors: Pendse AA, Bauer AE, Dodd L, Scanga L Tags: Am J Clin Pathol Source Type: research