Updates in cervical cancer screening guidelines, the Bethesda system for reporting cervical cytology, and clinical management recommendations Xia & He Publishing Inc.

Sample adequacy: The Bethesda System has always required laboratories to evaluate the adequacy of cervical cell samples based on a standard set of criteria. The 2001 Bethesda System incorporates ...

Using the Bethesda System 2001 criterion, 167 (97.1%) of 172 smears had inadequate squamous cellularity, and five (2.9%) were adequate.