The Bethesda System assigns a category for smears in which the cells have abnormal features that quantitatively or qualitatively fall short of dysplasia, termed ASCUS (atypical squamous cells of ...

Possible future roles for HPV typing may be in women with ASCUS smears (see below) or with LSIL lesions (in deciding whether to treat). Preliminary studies of the use of HPV testing in the triage ...