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In October 2007, evidenced-based guidelines1,2 for the screening and management of cervical cancer were published to replace the 2001 guidelines. The updated guidelines were developed at a 2006 consensus conference of experts representing 29 organizations, including the National Institutes of Health, the American Cancer Society, and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Table 1 shows the relevant clinical terms and their abbreviations.
A significant body of evidence (most notably the results of the National Cancer Institute’s ASC-US/LGSIL triage study) has accrued since 2001 and is central to the new consensus guidelines. The authors make it clear that guidelines cannot apply to all situations and therefo…