Journal article
A Prescreening Device for Cancer of the Uterus
JNCI : Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol.56(6), pp.1109-1112
06/01/1976
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/56.6.1109
PMID: 792459
Abstract
A prescreening device for cancer of the uterus was based on the slower sedimentation rate of cells from a vaginal aspirate in the presence of cancer than in its absence. The apparatus recorded the increase in light transmission through the test tube as the cells fell. This mechanical examination of the rate of fall of vaginal and cervical cells did not diagnose cancer, but it identified the normal specimens free of cancer or infections. The negative specimens comprised the bulk of diagnostic material. There was a small increase in false-negative rate compared with the false-negative rate in standard cytologic tests, but this was counterbalanced by the increase in the number of specimens examined.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A Prescreening Device for Cancer of the Uterus
- Creators
- Ruth M GrahamMichael M Graham
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- JNCI : Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol.56(6), pp.1109-1112
- DOI
- 10.1093/jnci/56.6.1109
- PMID
- 792459
- NLM abbreviation
- J Natl Cancer Inst
- ISSN
- 0027-8874
- eISSN
- 1460-2105
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/01/1976
- Academic Unit
- Radiology; Radiation Oncology
- Record Identifier
- 9984047760202771
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