The aims of this update report are:
- to present the 2001 update of the Bethesda system,
- to compare the performance of the cervical smear in liquid-based medium to that of the conventional Papanicolaou smear,
- to assess the HPV test in terms of its reliability and its place in a management strategy after a cytological abnormality has been detected.
This report does not address ways and means of routine cervical smear screening for cervical cancer, nor the use of the HPV test as a screening tool for cervical cancer.
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