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ArticleRadiology and oncology2021

Diagnostic performance of p16/Ki-67 dual immunostaining at different number of positive cells in cervical smears in women referred for colposcopy.

Ursula Salobir Gajsek, Andraz Dovnik, Iztok Takac, Urska Ivanus, Tine Jerman, Simona Sramek Zatler, Alenka Repse Fokter

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Article in Radiology and oncology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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  4. The Role of p16/Ki67 Dual Staining in Cervical Cancer Screening.Current issues in molecular biology · 2023
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  5. Diagnostic Accuracy of p16Analytical cellular pathology (Amsterdam) · 2023
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7 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Ursula Salobir GajsekDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, General Hospital Celje, Celje, Slovenia.
Andraz DovnikUniversity Department of Gynecology and Perinatology, University Medical Center Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia.
Iztok TakacUniversity Department of Gynecology and Perinatology, University Medical Center Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia.
Urska IvanusNational Cervical Cancer Screening Programme and Registry ZORA, Cancer Screening Department, Institute of Oncology Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Tine JermanNational Cervical Cancer Screening Programme and Registry ZORA, Cancer Screening Department, Institute of Oncology Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Simona Sramek ZatlerDepartment of Pathology and Cytology, General Hospital Celje, Celje, Slovenia.
Alenka Repse FokterDepartment of Pathology and Cytology, General Hospital Celje, Celje, Slovenia.
College of Nursing in Celje · SIInstitute of Oncology Ljubljana · SIUniversity Clinical Centre Maribor · SIUniversity of Ljubljana · SIUniversity of Maribor · SI

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe aim of the study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of p16/Ki-67 dual immunostaining (p16/ Ki-67 DS) in cervical cytology and the number of positive p16/Ki-67 cells to diagnose high grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN2+) in colposcopy population. SUBJECTS AND

methodsWe performed an analysis on a subset cohort of 174 women enrolled within a large-scale randomised controlled human papillomavirus (HPV) self-sampling project organised as part of the population-based Cervical Cancer Screening Programme ZORA in Slovenia. This subset cohort of patients was invited to the colposcopy clinic, underwent p16/Ki-67 DS cervical cytology and had the number of p16/Ki-67 positive cells determined.

resultsAmong analysed women, 42/174 (24.1%) had histologically confirmed CIN2+. The risk for CIN2+ was increasing with the number of positive cells (p < 0.001). The sensitivity of p16/Ki-67 DS for detection of CIN2+ was 88.1%, specificity was 65.2%, positive predictive value was 44.6% and negative predictive value was 94.5%.

conclusionsDual p16/Ki-67 immunostaining for the detection of CIN2+ has shown high sensitivity and high negative predictive value in our study, which is comparable to available published data. The number of p16/Ki-67 positive cells was significantly associated with the probability of CIN2+ detection. We observed a statistically significant and clinically relevant increase in specificity if the cut-off for a positive test was shifted from one cell to three cells.

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Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16Ki-67 AntigenUterine Cervical NeoplasmsColposcopyEarly Detection of CancerFemaleHumansSensitivity and SpecificityVaginal SmearsCyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16Ki-67 Antigencervical cytologyhigh-grade dysplasiap16/Ki-67 immunostaining

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