OBJECTIVE: To assess the management of women in the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program with low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (LSIL) before and after the American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (ASCCP) guidelines for management of abnormal cytology were published in 2002. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We examined the follow-up for 22,342 women with LSIL during 2 periods: 2000-2002 and 2003-2005. RESULTS: The percentage of providers who followed the recommended guidelines with colposcopy for an LSIL Pap test result increased by 9% from the pre-ASCCP to the post-ASCCP period. An increase was seen in every age and racial/ethnic group. Younger women (<30 years) and white women were more likely than comparison groups to be followed by colposcopy rather than a repeat Pap test. CONCLUSIONS: The increase in percentage of women having colposcopy in 2003, 1 year after the new guidelines were published, suggests a change in provider practices consistent with those guidelines.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the management of women in the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program with low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (LSIL) before and after the American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (ASCCP) guidelines for management of abnormal cytology were published in 2002. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We examined the follow-up for 22,342 women with LSIL during 2 periods: 2000-2002 and 2003-2005. RESULTS: The percentage of providers who followed the recommended guidelines with colposcopy for an LSIL Pap test result increased by 9% from the pre-ASCCP to the post-ASCCP period. An increase was seen in every age and racial/ethnic group. Younger women (<30 years) and white women were more likely than comparison groups to be followed by colposcopy rather than a repeat Pap test. CONCLUSIONS: The increase in percentage of women having colposcopy in 2003, 1 year after the new guidelines were published, suggests a change in provider practices consistent with those guidelines.
Authors: Grace A Alfonsi; S Deblina Datta; Theresa Mickiewicz; Laura A Koutsky; Khalil Ghanem; Michael Hagensee; Peter Kerndt; Katherine Hsu; Hillard Weinstock; Judith C Shlay Journal: Public Health Rep Date: 2011 May-Jun Impact factor: 2.792
Authors: Christie R Eheman; Steven Leadbetter; Vicki B Benard; A Blythe Ryerson; Janet E Royalty; Donald Blackman; Lori A Pollack; Paula Willey Adams; Fran Babcock Journal: Cancer Date: 2014-08-15 Impact factor: 6.860