The Papanicolaou smear test
A methodological framework to distinguish spectrum effects from spectrum biases and to assess diagnostic and screening test accuracy for patient populations: Application to the Papanicolaou cervical cancer smear test
... to Papanicolaou smear testing for the detection of cervical ...the test results due to their own effect, as HPV and age should do) from others factors affecting test accuracy only through ...
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Comparative study of papanicolaou smear and colposcopy in the evaluation of cervical lesions
... single test at age 35 years reduces lifetime cancer risk by ...Pap smear for mass screening of premalignant and malignant lesions of the ...Pap smear in the early detection of ...
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Segmentation of Nucleus and Cytoplasm from Unit Papanicolaou Smear Images using Deep Semantic Networks
... Pap test is one of the popular methods used for the early detection of cervical ...Pap test is that it requires human intervention for the examination of Pap ...
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Comparison and correlation of visual inspection with acetic acid, papanicolaou smear and colposcopy in detection of precancerous cervical lesions
... screening test that has good sensitivity and ...Pap smear, visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) and colposcopy for mass screening of premalignant and malignant lesions of the ...Pap smear and ...
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Papanicolaou smears
... Pap smear were randomly assigned to the Swab Group or the No Swab ...Pap test included 13 family physicians, 24 family medicine residents, and 1 nurse ...
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Parallel Screening with Papanicolaou Smear and Visual Inspection Tests Significantly Reduced False Negative Screening Results in Southern Brazil
... Histological examination in the present study showed that a less restrictive VIT (CIN grade 1 or higher) in combination with standard Pap test case definition can improve the sensitivity of diagnosing CIN2 +. ...
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Comparative study of effectiveness of Papanicolaou smear and visual inspection using acetic acid and visual inspection using Lugol’s iodine for screening of premalignant and malignant lesions of cervix
... screening test is 100% specific. Majority of studies involving Pap smear and visual inspection using acetic acid or Lugol’s iodine have taken place in South ...Pap smear in detection of premalignant ...
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Use of Ligase Chain Reaction with Urine versus Cervical Culture for Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in an Asymptomatic Military Population of Pregnant and Nonpregnant Females Attending Papanicolaou Smear Clinics
... Syva, San Jose, Calif.). Stained cultures were read for the presence of chlamydial inclusion bodies with an epifluorescence microscope. Discrepancy analysis was done for any sample with discordant results between culture ...
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Papanicolaou smears and cervical inflammatory cytokine responses
... Pap smear was not detectably associated with increases in these proinflammatory ...Pap smear (intervention group) showed significantly increased levels of the Th1 associated cytokines TNF-α (Figure 1F; p = ...
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Opportunistic cervical cancer screening by papanicolaou stain Pap smear among women: a pilot study at urban health training centre of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, Bihar, India
... Pap smear test is highly sensitive, specific method and currently the most widely used approach for detecting precancerous lesions and thereby a helpful tool in cervical ...Pap smear is a simple ...
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Explanation of your PAP smear
... investigation to see what exactly is the problem. First, I should emphasize that the PAP smear is a screening test, and as such, it does not establish a diagnosis. Rather, the interpretation should be ...
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Comparative analysis of conventional Papanicolaou smear, fluid-based thin-Layer method and cervicography
... 31. 김유리 김영태 김성훈 김재욱 윤보성 정다정 자궁 경부암 , , , , , . 일차 선별 검사로서 자궁 경부 확대 촬영술의 임상적 유용성. 대한산부회지 2004; 47: 1113-9. 32. Harkness CB, Theofrastous JP, Ibrahim SN, Galvin SL, Lawrence HC. Papanicolaou and thin-layer cervical ...
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A Study of 10 296 Pediatric and Adolescent Papanicolaou Smear Diagnoses in Northern New England
... Pap smear should be offered as part of pre- ventive health maintenance to patients between 18 and 21 years of ...Pap smear exami- nation in the sexually active adolescent continues to elicit debate as the ...
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Understanding Cervical Smear Test Results
... Don’t be afraid to ask your doctor or nurse at the surgery, clinic or hospital if you are troubled about the smear test or any of the tests or treatment for abnormal changes. You might imagine the tests to ...
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Rescreening Practices of Negative Papanicolaou Tests With Positive Human Papillomavirus Test Result
... different criteria, one of the suggested criteria for doing so includes recent or concurrent high-risk human papilloma- virus (HPV) positivity. 8 Women with false-negative Pap test results who are subsequently ...
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Papanicolaou Test Status Among Inner-City Adolescent Girls in Accra, Ghana
... surveillance system like that of the US can help policy makers and various stakeholders in Ghana to make informed decision about cervical cancer prevention programs. The absence of an actively promoted national cervical ...
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MODIFIED RAPID PAPANICOLAOU STAIN AS A SUITABLE ALTERNATIVE TO STANDARD PAPANICOLAOU STAIN
... However, it is not fully standardized technique because it comes in several versions. This study was done to design a method that requires hardly any alcohol during staining of cytology and thereby to reduce the expense ...
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Support available for your cervical screening (smear test)
... • Tell the receptionist if you would like a chaperone. This is a person, like another nurse, who can be there during the test. • You may feel you need more time for your cervical screening. Ask the receptionist if ...
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Comparison of modified ultrafast Papanicolaou stain with the standard Papanicolaou stain in cytology of various organs
... Two smears were prepared for each case and stained by both, the MUFP and the routine Pap method. Scores were given and the quality index was calculated and compared for various organs. The quality of MUFP staining was ...
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Screening with Papanicolaou tests in Alberta
... Pap test screening rate differ- ences might be influenced by intraprovincial mobility for which we cannot ...screening test at the extremes of ...Pap test results, immunocompromised women, and those ...
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