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Public expectations, achievable cervical screening sensitivity, and the standard of practice
Author(s) -
Austin R. Marshall
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
cancer cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.11103
Subject(s) - medicine , papanicolaou stain , cervical screening , sensitivity (control systems) , medical physics , clinical practice , papanicolaou test , gynecology , family medicine , cervical cancer , obstetrics , cancer , electronic engineering , engineering
The review of the sensitivity of the Papanicolaou (Pap) smear reminds researchers of the major ambiguities that remain in assessing the vital issues of overall Pap screening sensitivity, assessing comparative accuracy among individual laboratories, and assessing adherence to “the standard of practice.”