Does the ‘equal management of equal risks’ model cause overtreatment in patients with positive cervical cytology results for ASCUS/non‐HPV16/18 oncogenic types?

ConclusionThis study believes that the ASCCP recommendations, which state that a ‘colposcopy should be performed on all women with positive cytology for ASCUS/non‐HPV16/18 oncogenic types’, is required to be revised. This will reduce the rate of the colposcopy procedures by 40% in women with ASCUS/HPV positivity.

Source: Diagnostic Cytopathology - November 16, 2018 Category: Pathology Authors: İbrahim Karaca, Mustafa Öztürk, Cihan Comba, Gökhan Demirayak, Şakir Vokan Erdoğan, Murat Hoşgören, İsa Aykut Özdemir Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research