Infect Agent Cancer
Department of Sanità pubblica, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy.
Published: November 2015
Background: The main objective of our study was to evaluate the colposcopist ability to correctly identify the worst area of a cervical lesion where biopsy should be performed; the secondary objective was to investigate the influence of the colposcopist skill in grading cervical preneoplastic lesions.
Methods: 296 patients referred for colposcopy were enrolled in a prospective study. All patients were randomized in two groups: in the first group, "senior group", the colposcopy was performed by an experienced colposcopist; in the second group, "junior group", the colposcopy was performed by a less experienced colposcopist. A detailed colposcopic description, including a grading of the lesion, was completed for each case. During the colposcopic exam patients underwent two direct biopsies; each biopsy was labeled with letter A (suspicious area with most severe grade) or B (suspicious area with less severe grade) according to the judgment of the colposcopist. An experienced pathologist reanalyzed the histological slides, after routine diagnosis.
Results: The senior group identify the worst area of the cervical lesion in statistical significant higher rates than junior group. Specimen A resulted representative of the higher-grade lesion (A > B) in 73.7 % (N = 28) in senior group and in 48.4 % (N = 15) in junior group; while in 26.3 % (N = 10) the higher-grade lesion corresponded to specimen B (A < B) in senior group and in 51.6 % (N = 16) in junior group (p < .05).
Conclusion: The ability of a colposcopist in grading cervical lesion depends on his experience.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4653939 | PMC |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13027-015-0042-9 | DOI Listing |
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