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SynthesisCancer science2018

Frequency of unsatisfactory cervical cytology smears in cancer screening of Japanese women: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Satoyo Hosono, Teruhiko Terasawa, Takafumi Katayama, Seiju Sasaki, Keika Hoshi, Chisato Hamashima

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Cancer science, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 39% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. The Role of p16/Ki67 Dual Staining in Cervical Cancer Screening.Current issues in molecular biology · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Satoyo HosonoDepartment of Public Health, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2569-0127
Teruhiko TerasawaSection of General Internal Medicine, Department of Emergency and General Internal Medicine, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan.
Takafumi KatayamaDepartment of Statistics and Computer Science, College of Nursing Art and Science, University of Hyogo, Hyogo, Japan.
Seiju SasakiSt. Luke's International Hospital Affiliated Clinic, Center for Preventive Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Keika HoshiDepartment of Hygiene, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan.
Chisato HamashimaDivision of Cancer Screening Assessment and Management, Center for Public Health Sciences, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2585-8479
Fujita Health University · JPKitasato University · JPNagoya City University · JPSt. Luke's International Hospital · JPUniversity of Hyogo · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Bethesda system (TBS) has been used for cervical cytological diagnosis in Japan since 2008. Evaluation of specimen adequacy is the most important aspect of quality assurance and for precise diagnosis in TBS. A systematic review and meta-analysis were carried out to assess the unsatisfactory specimen rate in the primary cervical cancer screening setting in Japan. Ovid Medline and Ichushi-Web databases were searched from inception through to May 2017. Prospective and retrospective studies that reported the proportion of unsatisfactory specimens in healthy asymptomatic Japanese women in a cervical cancer screening program were eligible for inclusion; 17 studies were included in the meta-analysis. The random-effects model meta-analysis calculated summary estimates of the unsatisfactory rate of 0.60% (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.18-1.96%; I

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Asian PeopleCervix UteriCost-Benefit AnalysisCytodiagnosisEarly Detection of CancerFemaleHumansProspective StudiesRetrospective StudiesVaginal SmearsBethesda systemcancer screeningcervical cancermeta-analysisunsatisfactory specimen rate

Identifiers

PMID29478281
PMCPMC5891182
OpenAlexW2789773252

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