| Abstrakt: |
A survey of 2,350 women, comparing doctor/nurse-collected scrape smears and self-collected cytopipette smears, has shown around an 85 per cent detection rate for cancer with the cytopipette, though a less efficient rate for dysplasia. As the purpose of the “do-it-herself” pipette is to alert to disease by a relatively cheap method, it is felt that the instrument is worthy of consideration and development as there is little doubt that the principle is sound and effective, though the design of pipette and its contents may not yet be ideal. The test in no way replaces a scrape smear with clinical examination where this is practicable. |
