An explanation for the problem of false-negative cervical smears
β Scribed by S. E. BARTON; A. SINGER; D. JENKINS; A. HOLLINGWORTH; J. CUZICK
- Book ID
- 111154516
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 284 KB
- Volume
- 96
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1470-0328
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## BACKGROUND. Rescreening negative Papanicolaou (Pap) smears alone is the most commonly employed method of determining the false-negative rate (FNR) or the false-negative proportion for a laboratory. Acceptable FNRs have been proposed, and the number of slides needed to be rescreened to demonstrat
## BACKGROUND. Although the false-negative rate (FNR) is the most important quality control measure for Papanicolaou smear screening, accurate, precise, and feasible methods for determining this value are lacking. ## METHODS. The author undertook an analysis and review of the literature. RESULT