Cervical Cancer (Screening)

Pap Test Still Best, New Technologies May Offer Improvement

Published in Women's Health Weekly, February 1st, 1999

The conventional Pap test is still the most effective tool available for detecting cervical cancer in adult women with average risk, according to a new evidence report produced by Duke University, North Carolina, an Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC), for the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR).

The Duke study compared three new technologies -- ThinPrep^R, AutoPap^R, and Papnet^R -- to the conventional Pap test, examining their overall effectiveness and accuracy in screening performance. The study results show that the Pap test remains the most reliable test available but that the new technologies may help strengthen...

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