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Of the 210 women who were diagnosed as having cancer at the time of the original smear , 62.4 per cent showed a positive test, 23.8 per cent a questionable test and 13.8 per cent a negative test.

However, the test has an internal control, usually human β-globin in DNA, where if labs don't detect enough of it, they can tell it is not a good-quality sample. "It's foolproof," Dr. Prabakar adds.