[Digital cervicography criteria: improving sensitivity in uterine cervical cancer diagnosis]. / Critérios de positividade para cervicografia digital: melhorando a sensibilidade do diagnóstico do câncer cervical.
Cad Saude Publica
; 24(11): 2653-60, 2008 Nov.
Article
em Pt
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19009145
This study aimed to validate the scoring criteria for digital cervicography. The study enrolled 300 women submitted to a clinical protocol using cytological examination alone, digital cervicography without image magnification (Evaluation 1), and digital cervicography plus additional image magnification and considering the positive criteria (Evaluation 2). Women's mean age was 27.6 years. Positive criteria for digital cervicography were identified in 111 positive cases with pre-cancerous cervical lesions (100%) and in 8 cases classified as false positives (2.6%). Evaluations 1 and 2 classified the tests as positive (163; 54.3%) and suspected (146; 48.6%), respectively. According to the findings, digital cervicography was more sensitive (99.1%) and cytology more specific (100%). Digital cervicography sensitivity increased by 4.5 times when the positive criteria were applied as compared to cytology alone, besides involving low cost, thus suggesting that it is a viable technique.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Displasia do Colo do Útero
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Neoplasias do Colo do Útero
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Colo do Útero
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Colposcopia
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Guideline
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Prognostic_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Idioma:
Pt
Revista:
Cad Saude Publica
Assunto da revista:
SAUDE PUBLICA
Ano de publicação:
2008
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Portugal
País de publicação:
Brasil