CONSISTENCY OF A DOUBLE PAPNET SCAN OF CERVICAL SMEARS

OBJECTIVE: To determine the reproducibility and accuracy of the PAPNET system in finding and presenting abnormal and atypical cells. STUDY D ESIGN: To assess the potential variation of a double PAPNET scan on th e same cervical smear, 516 cervical smears from women with abnormal hi stologic diagnoses were scanned twice via PAPNET and reviewed by two i ndependent examiners in a double-blind trial. RESULTS: The false negat ive rate of 5.7% in conventional screening was reduced to 0.4% and 0.8 %, respectively, by PAPNET testing. The resulting concurrence of the f irst and the second PAPNET reviews was 99.2%, indicating the accuracy, sensitivity and consistency of this supplemental test. CONCLUSION: Th e results obtained demonstrate the reproducibility and accuracy of the system in finding and presenting abnormal and atypical cells.