Comparison of papanicolaou smear and human papillomavirus (HPV) test as cervical screening tools: can we rely on HPV test alone as a screening method? An 11-year retrospective experience at a single institution
- Authors
- Kang, Myunghee; Ha, Seung Yeon; Cho, Hyun Yee; Chung, Dong Hae; Kim, Na Rae; An, Jungsuk; Lee, Sangho; Seok, Jae Yeon; Jeong, Juhyeon
- Issue Date
- Jan-2020
- Publisher
- KOREAN SOC PATHOLOGISTS
- Keywords
- Uterine cervical neoplasms; Papanicolaou test; Human papillomavirus DNA tests; Early detection of cancer; Sensitivity
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE, v.54, no.1, pp.112 - 118
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE
- Volume
- 54
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 112
- End Page
- 118
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/17668
- DOI
- 10.4132/jptm.2019.11.29
- ISSN
- 2383-7837
- Abstract
- Background: The decrease in incidence of cervical dysplasia and carcinoma has not been as dramatic as expected with the development of improved research tools and test methods. The human papillomavirus (HPV) test alone has been suggested for screening in some countries. The National Cancer Screening Project in Korea has applied Papanicolaou smears (Pap smears) as the screening method for cervical dysplasia and carcinoma. We evaluated the value of Pap smear and HPV testing as diagnostic screening tools in a single institution. Methods: Patients co-tested with HPV test and Pap smear simultaneously or within one month of each other were included in this study. Patients with only punch biopsy results were excluded because of sampling errors. A total of 999 cases were included, and the collected reports encompassed results of smear cytology, HPV subtypes, and histologic examinations. Results: Sensitivity and specificity of detecting high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) were higher for Pap smears than for HPV tests (sensitivity, 97.14%; specificity, 85.58% for Pap smears; sensitivity, 88.32%; specificity, 54.92% for HPV tests). HPV tests and Pap smears did not differ greatly in detection of low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (85.35% for HPV test, 80.31% for Pap smears). When atypical glandular cells were noted on Pap smears, the likelihood for histologic diagnosis of adenocarcinoma following Pap smear was higher than that of high-risk HPV test results (18.8 and 1.53, respectively). Conclusions: Pap smears were more useful than HPV tests in the diagnosis of HSIL, SCC, and glandular lesions.
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