"See and treat" approach is appropriate in women with high-grade lesions on either cervical cytology or colposcopy

• Main Authors: Aue-Aungkul,A., Punyawatanasin,S., Natprathan,A., Srisomboon,J., Kietpeerakool,C.
• Format: Article
• Published: Asian Pacific Organization for Cancer Prevention 2015
• Subjects: Cancer Research; Oncology; Epidemiology; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
• Online Access: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84864338971&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/38216
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

This study was undertaken to evaluate the overtreatment rate of women with abnormal cervical cytology undergoing colposcopy followed by loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP), the so-called " see and treat" approach. Overtreatment was defined as LEEP specimens containing cervical i...