Cervical cytology is a clinical interpretative skill, not analytical. No matter how skilled cytopathologists are, it's impossible to prevent all False Negatives. Give the same 100 slides to 4 top experts, as in a Norwegian study, they can disagree. http
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@pmobsligo @crowley_gavin If you had a diagnostic test you would expect 100% accuracy but screening is not designed to be 99.9% accurate. Here is a paper from Norway that demonstrates it.
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