In less than a century, westward expansion stretched the United States from a handful of states along the Eastern Seaboard all the way to the Pacific. The acquisition of Hawaii and Alaska in the mid-19th century assured westward expansion would continue into the 20th century.
Abnormal results. If abnormal or unusual cells were discovered during your Pap smear, you're said to have a positive result. A positive result doesn't mean you have cervical cancer. What a positive result means depends on the type of cells discovered in your test.typical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS). Squamous cells are thin and flat and grow on the surface of a healthy cervix. In the case of ASCUS, the Pap smear reveals slightly abnormal squamous cells, but the changes don't clearly suggest that precancerous cells are present.
Result Interpretation. Normal results. Normal or negative for intraepithelial lesion or malignancy. This means that the cells that were examined on your Pap test appear normal and do not show precancerous changes.Abnormal results. Atypical Squamous Cells or ASC. This means that there are cells in your Pap test that appear unusual but are not abnormal.ancer or carcinoma. This means that there are abnormal cells on your Pap test that may have come from a cancer or a severe pre-cancerous lesion on the cervix. This result should always be followed up with an immediate colposcopy.