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The current study evaluated how the inclusion of this comment has affected clinical practice patterns at our institution.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>The 2017 to 2019 database identified 175 reports containing the educational comment in women aged 45 to 54 years with a follow-up time of 11 to 37 months. Data, including age, menopause status, symptoms, imaging, and outcome, were collected. The procedure rate and the impact of clinical modifiers were assessed.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Thirty-seven (20.6%) patients had biopsies within 6 months, which decreased from 48.1% as we previously reported. All nine (5%) APW with biopsies triggered only by nEMCs had benign histopathology. The remaining 28 biopsied patients had abnormal bleeding or a thickened endometrium, or they were postmenopausal, including a 53-year-old patient with complex atypical hyperplasia. None of the 138 patients with conservative follow-up developed atypical\/malignant lesions.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>A qualifying educational note included in Pap reports significantly reduced follow-up biopsies in APW. 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