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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-4-4
pubmed:abstractText
Cervical screening is not available for the majority of women in resource-poor countries. An important factor is a lack of skilled operators necessary for high-throughput assessment of the Papanicolaou (Pap) test currently in use. We compared the efficacy of immunocytochemistry for minichromosome maintenance (MCM) proteins vs standard Pap testing at detecting disease in 455 cervical smears processed in a typical Indian screening laboratory. Conventional (non-monolayer) smears were stained manually and then examined by a cytotechnologist and a cytopathologist. The MCM test was called positive when immunolabelled cells were identified as dyskaryotic by the Pap counterstain. The MCM test was read more quickly than the Pap test (approximately 2 vs 10 min) and there was 100% inter-observer agreement compared with 85% for Pap (P<0.0001). The MCM test detected 10 biopsy-proven cancers or pre-cancers that were not detected by Pap (P=0.002; P=0.016 excluding three cases where the Pap was deemed unsatisfactory on review). The cases in question included one recurrent squamous carcinoma and one adenocarcinoma in a screening patient who would have returned to 5 year recall. There were no false positive MCM test results. We propose that MCM immunocytochemistry has considerable advantages for cervical screening in developing countries like India.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0007-0920
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
10
pubmed:volume
96
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1107-11
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17342084-Adenocarcinoma, pubmed-meshheading:17342084-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:17342084-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:17342084-Cell Cycle Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17342084-Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia, pubmed-meshheading:17342084-Cohort Studies, pubmed-meshheading:17342084-Developing Countries, pubmed-meshheading:17342084-False Negative Reactions, pubmed-meshheading:17342084-Female, pubmed-meshheading:17342084-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17342084-Immunoenzyme Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:17342084-India, pubmed-meshheading:17342084-Mass Screening, pubmed-meshheading:17342084-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:17342084-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17342084-Prospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:17342084-Uterine Cervical Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:17342084-Vaginal Smears
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
MCM immunocytochemistry as a first line cervical screening test in developing countries: a prospective cohort study in a regional cancer centre in India.
pubmed:affiliation
1Department of Pathology, Kidwai Memorial Hospital Institute of Oncology, Bangalore, India.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't