J Low Genit Tract Dis. 2014;18(1):1-7. In a clinical setting, this combination of maintained sensitivity with increased specificity would lead to fewer office visits and procedures. Our cost analysis ...

Pathologists at Ohio State University re-checked the Pap smears of 84 women whose initial Pap results were diagnosed as abnormal using the ThinPrep testing method. All women were on an oral ...

You get the results of your recent Pap smear: inconclusive (or, in medical jargon, atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance, or ASCUS). Not the worst outcome, of course, since it could ...

Secondary prevention of cervical cancer through regular screening has been very successful since its widespread adoption in the 1940s. The death rate for cervical cancer declined 74% between 1955 and ...

From a Dutch private cytology laboratory were obtained 300 000 consecutive pap smears; from a Surinamese screening program were obtained 10 000 pap smears. Both sets of smears received KOPAC system ...

The Pap smear test is a helpful screening tool to detect changes in the cells of the cervix that may have the potential to lead to cervical cancer. This aids in recognizing changes earlier and allows ...

A total of 515 samples were selected for paired hr-HPV and p16/Ki-67 immunostaining. Preparation of a second slide with dual immunostaining was successful on all cases. The mean age of the patient ...