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Re: Offering patients alternative Pap methodsFrom: Charles Dunton (dunton1@jeflin.tju.edu)Sun Apr 27 06:17:14 1997
The new technologies for cytology are not ridiculous. They do work. There are numerous article in the literature showing increased diagnois of 5-7 fold pick up for rescreening with computer technology. Thin prep has FDA approval to market as an improvement to the standard pap smear. The 2 questions to be answered are 1) do they decrease the incidense and death from cervical cancer. 2) in populations are they cost effective. Currently, they are not medically the standard of care in my opinion. If a patient requests rescreening I will sent. Disclaimer: I am on the speakers bureau for PAPNET and have been asked to be on the ThinPrep speakers bureau.
-- Charles Dunton Associate Prof Division Gyn Onco Jefferson Medical College Phila. PA
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