Felix Juan C, Amezcua Charles
Department of Pathology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1240 North Mission Road, Room IL23, Los Angeles, CA 90003, USA.
Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am. 2002 Dec;29(4):685-99, vii. doi: 10.1016/s0889-8545(02)00044-x.
The Pap smear has been recognized widely as the most effective cancer screening test in the history of medicine. It is widely believed that the use of this test has been responsible for the drastic reduction in the incidence and mortality of cervical cancer in the United States, Canada, and much of Western Europe in the last 50 years. Several adjuncts to the Pap smear including liquid based cytology, computer-assisted screening, human papilloma virus and molecular testing are discussed.
巴氏涂片检查已被广泛公认为医学史上最有效的癌症筛查测试。人们普遍认为，在过去50年里，美国、加拿大以及西欧大部分地区宫颈癌发病率和死亡率的大幅下降归功于这项检查的使用。文中还讨论了巴氏涂片检查的几种辅助手段，包括液基细胞学检查、计算机辅助筛查、人乳头瘤病毒检测和分子检测。
