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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2019

Endometrial Cytology as a Method to Improve the Accuracy of Diagnosis of Endometrial Cancer: Case Report and Meta-Analysis.

Qing Wang, Qi Wang, Lanbo Zhao, Lu Han, Chao Sun, Sijia Ma, Huilian Hou, Qing Song, Qiling Li

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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Qing WangCenter for Single-Cell Biology, First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Qi WangCenter for Single-Cell Biology, First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Lanbo ZhaoGuipei 77, Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Lu HanCenter for Single-Cell Biology, First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Chao SunCenter for Single-Cell Biology, First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Sijia MaCenter for Single-Cell Biology, First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Huilian HouDepartment of Pathology, First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Qing SongCenter for Single-Cell Biology, First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Qiling LiCenter for Single-Cell Biology, First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.

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Abstract

More and more researchers have reported that dilatation and curettage (D&C) or Pipelle had low accuracy, high misdiagnosis, and insufficient rate. Endometrial cytology is often compared with histology and seems to be an efficient method for the diagnosis of endometrial disorders, especially endometrial cancer. We report a case of misdiagnosed endometrial cancer by D&C, but with a positive cytopathological finding. Following that, a meta-analysis including 4,179 patients of endometrial diseases with cyto-histopathological results was performed to assess the value of the endometrial cytological method in endometrial cancer diagnosis. The pooled sensitivity and specificity of the cytological method in detecting endometrial atypical hyperplasia or cancer was 0.91[95% confidence interval (CI) 0.74-0.97] and 0.96 (95% CI 0.90-0.99), respectively. The pooled positive likelihood ratio and negative likelihood ratio was 25.4 (95% CI 8.1-80.1) and 0.10 (95% CI 0.00-0.30), respectively. The diagnostic odds ratio which was usually used to evaluate the diagnostic test performance reached 260 (95% CI 36-1905). So we recommend that D&C and Pipelle are still practical procedures to evaluate the endometrium, cytological examinations should be utilized as an additional endometrial assessment method.

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