Evaluation of compliance between the results of Pap smear test and pathological specimens sent to the pathology department of Shaheed Sadoughi hospital in Yazd city in 2011-2014
نویسندگان
1 PhD in Biochemistry, Department of physical education and sport science, Taft Branch, Islamic Azad University, Taft, Iran
2 Assistant Professor, Shahid sadoughi University of Medical Science, Yazd, Iran
3 BSc, Department of pathology, Shahid sadoughi University of Medical Science, Yazd, Iran
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10.22037/anm.v26i95.15803چکیده
AbstractBackground and Aim:Pap smear test is the most effective and appropriate screening method for cervical cancerprevention. This technique, due to early detection power in early stage of invasive cancers, causesdecreased mortality of cervical cancer. The purpose of this study was to assess the compliancebetween the results of Pap smear test with biopsy specimens sent to the pathology department of theShaheed Sadoughi hospital.Materials and Methods:In this cross sectional study, 145 cytology and pathology specimens that was sent to the pathologydepartment of the Shaheed Sadoughi hospital were selected. Agreement between the result ofcytology test and pathology was analyzed with statistical software SPSS and kappa agreement test.P<0.01 was considered statistically significant.Results:The result of cytology and pathology showed that there is a little agreement between cytology andpathology results (P<0.01, K: 0.26).Conclusion:According to the results, low levels of agreement was observed between the result of pop smear testand pathology results. Therefore to promote quality of cytological reports, the improvement ofperformance of midwives, cytologist and resident are recommended.Key words:Uterine cancer; Pap-smear; Biopsy
