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Observational studyWomen's health (London, England)

Papanicolaou test collection with the Papette brush or the spatula with cytobrush: A pragmatic study.

Danielle J O'Laughlin, Brittany A Strelow, Nicole A Fellows, Joy N Stevens, Elizabeth A Kelsey, Stephanie R Fink, Sonya M Peters, Jennifer A Johnson, Jaclyn P Houghton, Anne M Stolp and 3 more

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Observational study in Women's health (London, England). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Danielle J O'LaughlinDivision of Community Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Brittany A StrelowDivision of Community Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4858-3279
Nicole A FellowsDivision of Community Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Joy N StevensDivision of Community Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Elizabeth A KelseyDivision of Community Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Stephanie R FinkDivision of Community Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Sonya M PetersDivision of Community Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Jennifer A JohnsonDivision of Community Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Jaclyn P HoughtonDivision of Community Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Anne M StolpDivision of Community Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Karen M FischerDivision of Clinical Trials and Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Johanna M TweedyDivision of Community Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Ramona S DeJesusDivision of Community Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0216-5223
Mayo Clinic in Arizona · USMayo Clinic · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCotesting with the Papanicolaou (Pap) and human papillomavirus tests detects most precancerous and cancerous lesions and increases the sensitivity for detecting high-grade precancerous and invasive cervical cancers compared with human papillomavirus testing alone.

objectiveTo compare the use of the Papette brush (hereafter Papette) to the traditional spatula with endocervical brush (cytobrush) for cervical cancer screening.

designPragmatic observational study.

methodsAdult women aged 21-64 years who were eligible for a Papanicolaou test at a Midwest Community Internal Medicine practice underwent cervical cancer screening using the Papette or spatula with cytobrush from 18 August 2021 through 1 February 2022. Cluster sampling was used across the practice. Pathology reports were then analyzed to compare the number of satisfactory versus unsatisfactory results between the two collection techniques.

resultsWe collected results for 756 Pap tests. The test results were satisfactory with the Papette 93.8% of the time compared with 93.0% for the spatula with cytobrush.

conclusionThe Papette is not inferior to a spatula with cytobrush as a collection method for Pap tests.

Indexed as

Precancerous ConditionsUterine Cervical NeoplasmsAdultCervix UteriEarly Detection of CancerFemaleHumansPapanicolaou TestVaginal SmearscytobrushPapanicolaou testPapettePap smearspatula

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PMID37119034
PMCPMC10154996
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