OBJECTIVES To compare the sensitivity, specificity, and interobserver reliability of conventional cervical smear tests, monolayer cytology, and human papillomavirus testing for screening for cervical cancer. DESIGN Cross sectional study in which the three techniques were performed simultaneously with a reference standard (colposcopy and histology). SETTING Public university and private prac...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the correlation between cytology and cervical biopsy in patients with squamous cell abnormality on cervical cytology. MATERIAL AND METHOD The cervical smears diagnosed in our clinic between 2005-2008 were reviewed retrospectively. Cases which exhibited squamous cell abnormality (n: 374) were evaluated. RESULTS The mean age was 45.15±10.78. In the cytopathological re...

Introduction: Cervical lesions are generally screened with Pap smear test. However, the procedure is quite intensive and takes time. An effective alternate method is proposed by WHO with visual inspection of acetowhite areas in acetic acid test, which can be used in developing countries as it is cheap and results can be given immediately. Biopsy is considered confirmative test for same cervical...

This European consensus statement on essential colposcopy provides standards for the general colposcopist seeing women referred with an abnormal cervical screening test (including cytology and HPV tests) or a clinically suspicious cervix. The article gives guidance regarding aims conduct of colposcopy. Recommendations are provided technique, management common issues, treatment follow-up after C...

OBJECTIVE Due to the low sensitivity of Pap smear, premalignant lesions of the cervix can be missed in women with inflammatory Pap smears. However, it is not practically possible to subject all women with inflammatory Pap smear to colposcopy. This study was carried out with the aim to evaluate whether women with persistent inflammation on Pap smear need further evaluation with colposcopy. MAT...

Dr. Pan and colleagues in this issue commented that there is a substantial policy favoring and emphasis on early detection and treatment of various kinds of cancers prevalent in developed countries. In Taiwan, the government not only provides Pap smears for cervical cancer screening, but has maintained a nationwide, free and biennial mammographic screening program since 2004. There was a signif...

OBJECTIVE To demonstrate that an effective cervical cancer screening programme based on the Papanicolaou (Pap) smear can be organized in a middle-income country, such as Chile. METHODS The cervical cytology screening programme in Chile is evaluated by comparing process measures and cervical cancer mortality before and after its reorganization in 1987. FINDINGS Two decades of opportunistic a...

MATERIAL AND METHODS The current study analyzed the degree of agreement between HPV testing, Pap smear, and colposcopic directed cervical biopsies. The study was performed on a group of 332 patients diagnosed and treated for cervical dysplasia at Cuza-Vodă Obstetrics-Gynecology Clinic Hospital and Suceava County Hospital between 2006 and 2011. RESULTS 190 patients (57.23%) were positive for H...