A SURVEY OF THE ACTUALITIES AND POTENTIALITIES OF EXFOLIATIVE CYTOLOGY IN CANCER DIAGNOSIS
Authors: G N PAPANICOLAOU
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1949)

Article1 October 1949A SURVEY OF THE ACTUALITIES AND POTENTIALITIES OF EXFOLIATIVE CYTOLOGY IN CANCER DIAGNOSISGEORGE N. PAPANICOLAOU, M.D.GEORGE N. PAPANICOLAOU, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-31-4-661 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn 1925, when for the first time I had occasion to discuss with the late Dr. James Ewing, then Professor of Pathology in our School at Cornell, the possibility of using the vaginal smear as an aid in the diagnosis of uterine cancer, he asked me whether this method could be applied to endometrial as well as to cervical carcinomas. It was his opinion that such a method might prove to be of greater value in the diagnosis of adenocarcinomas of the endometrium than in carcinomas of the cervix, for which everyone would most likely resort to the well established...Bibliography1. PAPANICOLAOU GN: Cytologic diagnosis of uterine cancer by examination of vaginal and uterine secretions, Am. Jr. Clin. Path., 1949, xix. Google Scholar2. MCNEEREWING GJH: Exfoliated pancreatic cancer cells in duodenal drainage: a case report, Cancer, July 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Presented as a Morning Lecture, Thirtieth Annual Session of the American College of Physicians, New York, N. Y., March 30, 1949.The original work referred to in this paper has been aided by the Commonwealth Fund and by the National Cancer Institute.From Cornell University Medical College. 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