This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: None, Subject name: Gynaecology & Obstetrics
[{'content': 'Sensitivity of conventional PAP smear in picking up cervical cancer is: September 2007 \nSelect and explain. \nA. 70%, B. 80%, C. 90%, D. 100%', 'role': 'user'}, {'content': 'Answer: B \nExplanation: Ans. B: 80% A. In the conventional Pap smear, the physician collecting the cells smears them on a microscope slide and applies a fixative Studies of the accuracy of conventional cytology repo: Sensitivity 80% (False negative rate is 20%) Specificity 94% B. Since the mid-1990s, techniques based on placing the sample into a l containing a liquid medium that preserves the cells have been increasingly used. The media are primarily ethanol-based for Sure-Path and methanol for Thin Prep Studies of the accuracy of liquid based monolayer cytology repo: Sensitivity 61% to 66% Specificity 82% to 91%', 'role': 'assistant'}]