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CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, Vol 13, 92-94, Copyright © 1963 by American Cancer Society

The Efficacy of a Single Cytology Smear in the Detection of Cancer of the Cervix

¹ Chairman of the Department and Professor of Pathology at the University of Miami School of Medicine and Director of the Pathological Laboratories at Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida.
² Research Professor in the Department of Pathology at the University of Miami School of Medicine.

The cervical scrape in comparison with the vaginal aspiration and the endocervical swab was shown to be superior as a methodology in the securing of cellular material for cytological study. In the screening of 5,684 women with a high yield of tissue confirmed cancer, the accuracy of the cervical scrape was not enhanced by being used in combination with vaginal aspiration and the endocervical swab.