A Comparison of the Accuracy in Diagnosis of the Vaginal Smear and the Biopsy in Carcinoma of the Cervix

Graham, Robert; Sturgis, Somers H.; McGraw, John P.

doi:10.1016/s0002-9378(16)39350-4

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“…Under these circumstances, a small lesion can be easily missed by biopsy, but the Papanicolaou smear obtains a sample of cells representing the entire desquamating area of the cervix. False negative results are rare; Graham and associates (2) state that they are relatively evenly distributed among the various stages of the disease, whereas false negative biopsy findings are more frequent in the early stages. Smears reported as “unsatisfactory” should be repeated.…”

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confidence: 99%