The accuracy of Kato's self smear Kit was studied in screening a relatively unselected population group for cervical cancer. Routine cervicovaginal smears taken periodically would be the ideal method but would be unrealistic in view of the physician's time involved when considered on a large population scale. Three hundred patients were randomly selected at the Out Patient Clinic of Yonsei Medical Center and 26 cases grossly of cervical cancer were included in this group. We have here summarized the results briefly as follows. 1. Among 300 women examined in our OPD, 256 (85.3%) were classified as Pap. Class I or II, 9(0.3%) as a 'Defferred' group (Class II, Repeat), 18(6%) as Class III and 17(5.7%) as Class IV or V. 2. Fifteen of the total cases had insufficient material for evaluation (poor quality) and the major causes of the poor smears were vaginal douche within 24 hours, technical problems and cell degeneration. 3. The rate of agreement between the Self Smear Kit and cervicovaginal smear was as follows: a. The rate of complete agreement was 93.2% (280/300) b. The rate of complete or partial agreement was 96.7% (290/300). 4. The diagnostic accuracy of the Self Smear Kit was as follows: a. If we assumed the 'Deferred' group to be detection failures for uterine cancer, the diagnostic accuracy would be 82.4%. b. If we assumed the 'Deferred' group to be detection successes, the diagnostic accuracy would be 94.1%. 5. The quality of self smears was superior when taken by an aid nurse rather than by the patient herself. 6. Optimal time for good preservation with the Self Smear Kit prior to pap. stain under the following temperatures was proven experimentally to be as follows; a. At 5 degrees C: 3 days after smear b. At 15 degrees C: 3 days after smear c. At 30 degrees C: 2 days after smear
Adult ; Cervix Neoplasms/prevention & control* ; Female ; Human ; Mass Screening/methods* ; Middle Age ; Vaginal Smears/instrumentation ; Vaginal Smears/methods*

Cytological Techniques ; methods ; Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted ; Female ; Humans ; Vaginal Smears ; methods

Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia ; diagnosis ; pathology ; virology ; China ; DNA Probes, HPV ; Female ; Humans ; Pregnancy ; Vaginal Smears ; methods

Female ; Greece ; History, 20th Century ; Humans ; Papanicolaou Test ; history ; Philately ; United States ; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; Vaginal Smears ; methods

OBJECTIVETo study the clinical value of optoelectronic cervical cancer screening system (TruScreen, TS) in the screening of cervical cancer in comparison with cervical cytology test.

METHODSA total of 392 patients were screened by TS, Pap, TCT, and HPV using the pathological and colposcopical results as the golden standard. The sensitivity, specificity, Kappa value and the area of under ROC of each method and their combinations (parallel tests) were compared.

RESULTSThe sensitivity of TS, Pap, TCT and HPV were 32.2%, 42.2%, 74.4% and 47.8%, with specificity of 96.7%, 93.7%, 78.8% and 84.8% in detecting cervical cancer, respectively. The sensitivity of the parallel tests, namely TCT/HPV, TCT/TS, Pap/TS and HPV/TS were 65.6%, 87.8%, 82.2% and 86.7%, with the specificity of 81.1%, 74.5%, 75.8% and 67.2%, respectively. In light of the areas of under ROC, significant differences were noted between the parallel tests of TS/Pap and TS/TCT (P<0.05), but not between TCT/Pap and TCT/TS (P>0.05); significant differences were found between the parallel tests with TS and those without TS (P<0.05), but not between TS alone and the parallel tests incorporating TS (P>0.05), nor between the 4 parallel tests (P>0.05).

CONCLUSIONAs a new modality for early screening of cervical carcinoma, TS offers a means for real-time cancer detection with better diagnostic efficacy than Pap and HPV and equivalent efficacy to TCT. The combination of TS and cytological tests can further enhance the diagnostic accuracy.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Cytodiagnosis ; Early Detection of Cancer ; methods ; Female ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Sensitivity and Specificity ; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; pathology ; Vaginal Smears ; Young Adult

OBJECTIVETo study the rate of concordance between positive cervical cytologic interpretation based on liquid-based preparations and subsequent histologic diagnosis.

METHODSLiquid-based cervical cytology (SurePath) was carried out in 15,393 patients. Cases with the cytologic diagnosis of epithelial cell abnormality were further investigated by human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA testing (Hybrid Capture II) for the high-risk HPV DNA, colposcopic examination and multiple cervical biopsies. The 2001 version of The Bethesda System for reporting gynecologic cytology was applied. Positive cytologic diagnosis included atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASC-US) or above. Histologic correlation was available in some of the patients. The rate of concordance between positive cytologic interpretation and subsequent histologic diagnosis was calculated.

RESULTSAmongst the 15,393 liquid-based cytology cases studied, the cytologic diagnosis of 7 cases squamous cell carcinoma were all concordance with histologic diagnosis, while the rates for high-grade and low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions were 93.6% (103/110) and 82.0% (443/540), respectively. A positive correlation was also demonstrated between detection of high-risk HPV DNA, positive cytologic interpretation and positive histologic diagnosis.

CONCLUSIONLiquid-based cytologic preparation, when coupled with standardized reporting using the Bethesda System 2001, can achieve a high diagnostic accuracy of cervical epithelial abnormalities.

Carcinoma, Squamous Cell ; pathology ; Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia ; pathology ; Cervix Uteri ; pathology ; DNA, Viral ; analysis ; Female ; Humans ; Papillomaviridae ; isolation & purification ; Retrospective Studies ; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms ; pathology ; Vaginal Smears ; methods

Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia ; diagnosis ; pathology ; surgery ; Colposcopy ; Conization ; Electrosurgery ; Female ; Humans ; Hysterectomy ; methods ; Neoplasm Regression, Spontaneous ; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; pathology ; surgery ; Vaginal Smears

Self-sampling is a method by which the subject collects the own specimens for disease detection. It has the advantages of strong privacy, convenient and simple operation, free time and place, etc. It can improve the compliance of people in remote areas, affected by traditional concepts, limited by working hours and underdeveloped transportation and medical treatment to participate in disease detection and screening. With the development of "Internet+health care" and "Internet+nursing service", home-based self-sampling testing will become a developing situation for disease detection and screening. Human immunodeficiency virus and Human papillomavirus infection bring a heavy burden to individuals and society. In the absence of effective and widespread primary prevention, secondary prevention, namely "early detection, early diagnosis and early treatment" is an effective measure to control the adverse consequences. At present, there are many researches on HPV and HIV self-sampling test, whose test results are highly reliable and highly accepted in the population, and is of great significance for improving the coverage rate of cervical cancer screening and the diagnosis rate of HIV carriers.
Female ; Humans ; Papillomaviridae ; Early Detection of Cancer/methods* ; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/prevention & control* ; Alphapapillomavirus ; Self Care/methods* ; Papillomavirus Infections/prevention & control* ; Specimen Handling/methods* ; Mass Screening/methods* ; HIV Infections/diagnosis* ; HIV ; Vaginal Smears/methods*

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate of liquid based cytology test (LCT) in avoiding medical tangles. METHODS: One thousand five hundred five thirty one cases, which were collected from out-patients of precancerous lesions of uterine cervix, were randomly divided into three groups based on different smear preparation: LCT method was used in two groups (one with ThinPrep kit and one with ArtoBrain kit), conventional Papauicolaou smear (PS) was used in one group. All cases of abnormal cervical smears were identified by cytologic test underwent colposcopic examination and colopscopically multiple biopsy. Results of test were analyzed by software SPSS 11.0. RESULTS: Significant diference were found between LCT method and PS method compared by index of satifacation, sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, false negative rate and erroneous diagnosis rate (P < 0.05, but no difference were found between two LCT groups (ThinPrep kit and ArtoBrain kit). CONCLUSION LCT method can improve diagnostic level of precancerous lesions of uterine cervix either tested by ThinPrep kit or ArtoBrain kit, so have the powerfull value to avoid medical tangles.
Adult ; Aged ; Biopsy/methods* ; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/pathology* ; Cervix Uteri/pathology* ; Female ; Humans ; Mass Screening/methods* ; Medical Errors/prevention & control* ; Middle Aged ; Sensitivity and Specificity ; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/pathology* ; Vaginal Smears/methods* ; Young Adult ; Uterine Cervical Dysplasia/pathology*

The aim of this study was to compare the novel human papillomavirus (HPV) detection method, the HPV 4 Auto-capillary Electrophoresis (ACE) test with the hybrid capture (HC) 2 assay for the detection of high-risk HPVs. In addition, we compared the HPV 4 ACE test with the polymerase chain reaction HPV Typing Set test for the detection of HPV 16 and HPV 18 genotypes. One hundred ninety-nine cervical swab samples obtained from women with previous abnormal Pap smears were subjected to testing with the three HPV tests. The HPV 4 ACE test and the HC 2 assay showed substantial agreement for detection of high-risk HPVs (85.4%, kappa=0.71). The HPV 4 ACE test also showed substantial agreement with the PCR HPV Typing Set test in the detection of HPV 16 and HP V 18 genotypes (89.9%, kappa=0.65). In correlation with cytologic results, the sensitivities and specificities of the HPV 4 ACE test and HC 2 assay were 92.9% vs. 92.9% and 48.1% vs. 50.8%, respectively, when high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions were regarded as abnormal cytologies. The novel HPV 4 ACE test is a valuable tool for the detection of high-risk HPVs and for genotyping of HPV 16 and HPV 18.
Cervix Uteri/*virology ; DNA, Viral/analysis ; Electrophoresis, Capillary/*methods ; Female ; Gammapapillomavirus/genetics/*isolation & purification ; Genotype ; Human papillomavirus 16/genetics/*isolation & purification ; Human papillomavirus 18/genetics/*isolation & purification ; Humans ; Nucleic Acid Hybridization ; Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods ; Reagent Kits, Diagnostic ; Vaginal Smears