Cervical Cancer Screening of Adolescents Should Not Be Encouraged.

Objective: The study aims to assess the frequency of cytological abnormalities in adolescents and young women, to establish the optimum age to start screening.

Methods: A retrospective study of cervical cytology results were obtained from the data center at the Santa Casa Hospital of São Paulo between January 2006 and December 2014, adopting the Bethesda nomenclature system. The cytology exams were divided into 3 groups: group 1-adolescents (10-19 years old); group 2-young women (20-24 years old); and group 3-adults, comprising the remaining cytology exams.

Prevalence of High-Grade Intraepithelial Neoplasia in Patients with Cytology Presenting Atypical Squamous Cells of Undetermined Significance.

Objectives: To evaluate the prevalence of histological high-grade lesions and cervical cancer in patients with ASCUS cytology.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional prospective study involving 703 women with a uterus and atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS). The patients were submitted to a colposcopy and underwent a guided biopsy when changes on the colposcopy were detected.