Hotunan Pap smear na iya taimakawa wajen rage yawan cutar kansar mahaifa. Wani sabon bincike ya nuna cewa za a iya amfani da su don gano wasu cututtukan daji na mata da wuri. Za a iya gano nama da ruwan da aka tattara a lokacin gwajin Pap ta hanyar kwayoyin halitta don gano ciwon daji na endometrial da ovarian. Wata mai bincike Dr. Amanda Fader ta ce idan aka gano ciwon daji, za a iya ceton dubban rayuka a kowace shekara ta hanyar kamuwa da wadannan cututtukan a wani mataki na farko da za a iya magance su.
The main goal is to be able to detect these cancers through mutations in tumo genes, which are usually found in the blood or fluids collected from the cervix and vagina. Idan za a iya gano cutar kansa a farkon ko farkon cutar kansa, ba wai kawai zai yiwu a sami ƙarin magani ba, amma kuma zai kare yawancin mata daga samun ƙarin haihuwa.
A cikin Pap smear, likita yana amfani da spatula ko goga don tattara sel daga cikin mahaifa, sannan a aika zuwa dakin gwaje-gwaje don bincike.
The researchers developed a test protocol called PapSEEK to see if other samples collected during the pelvic exam can be used to detect endometrial cancer or kwan mace ciwon daji. PapSEEK na iya gano maye gurbi na DNA waɗanda aka gano a matsayin takamaiman cututtukan daji, gami da ƙwayoyin halittar 18 da aka saba canzawa.
Don ganin ko gwajin ya yi aiki, masu binciken sun tattara samfurori daga mata 1,658, 656 daga cikinsu suna da ciwon daji na endometrial ko ovarian, da kuma 1,000 mata masu lafiya a matsayin ƙungiyar kulawa. Nazarin ya nuna cewa gwajin PapSEEK zai iya gano daidai kashi 81% na ciwon daji na endometrial da kashi 33% na ciwon daji na kwai. Lokacin da masu binciken suka yi amfani da goge-goge don tattara samfurori, ingantaccen ganowa ya karu zuwa 93% da 45%, bi da bi.
Wannan sakamako ne na farko na farko kuma yana da ban sha'awa, amma har yanzu akwai sauran hanya da za a bi don sanin ko wannan yana da fa'ida sosai.
