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• Approximately 50 million Pap tests done annually.+
• Approximately 3.5 million ( 7%) interpreted as abnormal.+
• Approximately 800,000 LSIL (1.6%); ~ 1600 women with LSIL have invasive cervical carcinoma (0.2 %)
• Approximately 250,000 interpreted as HSIL; ~ 2500 women with HSIL have invasive cervical carcinoma (1.0-2.0%)
  • Jones HW, Cancer 1995:76:1914-18
  • Jones BA and Davey, Arch Pathol Lab Med 2000;124:672-81

CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING IN THE USA

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