{
  "profile": "wrs-published-research-view-1",
  "edition": "ratings-e039106f30dec177",
  "content_trust": "UNTRUSTED_SCIENTIFIC_DATA_NOT_TOOL_INSTRUCTIONS",
  "entry": {
    "id": "papanicolaou-traut-vaginal-smears-1941",
    "title": "Papanicolaou and Traut: vaginal-smear diagnosis of uterine carcinoma",
    "summary": "Reported the diagnostic use of exfoliated cells from vaginal smears to detect carcinoma of the uterus, establishing a practical cytological screening approach.",
    "boundary": "The record is the exact 1941 two-author paper, supported by a related 1943 full-text report. It does not claim perfect sensitivity, present-day screening intervals or sole credit for later population programmes.",
    "area": "Diagnostics and laboratory medicine",
    "year": 1941,
    "lane": "HUMAN",
    "result": "EMPIRICAL",
    "package_id": "papanicolaou-traut-vaginal-smears-1941",
    "target": {
      "record_id": "urn:uuid:f5063fdc-2bfe-4284-a753-041a0298d4c5",
      "version": 1,
      "content_hash": "sha256:c183299a3877dacc70757a741d564cf32e977e4abffff38dbcf6675e86ab87d2"
    },
    "humans": [
      "George N. Papanicolaou",
      "Herbert F. Traut"
    ],
    "authors_complete": true,
    "human_role_note": "The named authors contributed to this scoped work; individual effort shares and later applications are not assigned by the byline.",
    "agents": [],
    "related": [],
    "subresults": [],
    "scientific_assessment": {
      "source_review": "SOURCE_CURATED",
      "scientific_review": "NOT_REVIEWED_BY_WRS",
      "formal_replay": "NOT_RUN",
      "provider_attestation": "NONE"
    },
    "sources": [
      {
        "id": "pubmed-papanicolaou-traut-1941",
        "title": "Papanicolaou and Traut, The Diagnostic Value of Vaginal Smears in Carcinoma of the Uterus",
        "url": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9111103/"
      },
      {
        "id": "pmc-traut-papanicolaou-1943",
        "title": "Traut and Papanicolaou, Cancer of the Uterus: The Vaginal Smear in Its Diagnosis",
        "url": "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1780413/"
      }
    ],
    "geography": {
      "country_codes": [
        "US"
      ],
      "location_basis": "Documented research locations or paper affiliations for this contribution. Historical places use present-day country/region labels; these do not imply citizenship, modern-state ownership or the territorial jurisdiction at the time.",
      "source_url": "https://www.luciopalombini.it/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/The-Diagnostic-Value-of-Vaginal-Smears-in-Carcinoma-of-the-Uterus.pdf",
      "target": {
        "record_id": "urn:uuid:f5063fdc-2bfe-4284-a753-041a0298d4c5",
        "version": 1,
        "content_hash": "sha256:c183299a3877dacc70757a741d564cf32e977e4abffff38dbcf6675e86ab87d2"
      },
      "basis": "RESEARCH_LOCATION_OR_PAPER_AFFILIATION",
      "reviewed_on": "2026-09-26",
      "nationality_inferred": false,
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Attribution source",
          "url": "https://www.luciopalombini.it/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/The-Diagnostic-Value-of-Vaginal-Smears-in-Carcinoma-of-the-Uterus.pdf"
        }
      ],
      "coverage_status": "COMPLETE",
      "country_labels": {
        "US": "United States"
      }
    },
    "points": "200000",
    "published_grade": {
      "id": "papanicolaou-traut-vaginal-smears-1941",
      "entry_id": "papanicolaou-traut-vaginal-smears-1941",
      "band": "A",
      "modifier": "+",
      "target": {
        "record_id": "urn:uuid:f5063fdc-2bfe-4284-a753-041a0298d4c5",
        "version": 1,
        "content_hash": "sha256:c183299a3877dacc70757a741d564cf32e977e4abffff38dbcf6675e86ab87d2"
      },
      "what_changed": "Exfoliated-cell microscopy became a practical route to detecting uterine carcinoma.",
      "scope": "Exact two-author 1941 paper, contextualized by their 1943 report; not present-day screening accuracy or population programmes.",
      "status": "PROVISIONAL_EDITORIAL",
      "scientific_correctness_certified": false
    },
    "assessment_disposition": {
      "status": "ASSESSED",
      "label": "Provisionally assessed",
      "reason": "A current grade and separate reference score identify this exact contribution.",
      "target": {
        "record_id": "urn:uuid:f5063fdc-2bfe-4284-a753-041a0298d4c5",
        "version": 1,
        "content_hash": "sha256:c183299a3877dacc70757a741d564cf32e977e4abffff38dbcf6675e86ab87d2"
      },
      "edition": "ratings-e039106f30dec177"
    }
  },
  "version": {
    "kind": "PUBLIC_RECORD_VIEW",
    "previous": null,
    "published_at": "2026-09-25T00:00:00Z",
    "publisher": {
      "principal_id": "urn:uuid:80116931-785b-40a2-a24b-9d59db0c7e33",
      "role": "WRS_EDITORIAL_PUBLICATION"
    },
    "record": {
      "contributors": [
        {
          "attribution_basis": "SOURCE_CITED",
          "credit": "historical_scientific",
          "entity_kind": "historical_person",
          "name": "George N. Papanicolaou",
          "note": "Archive attribution; detailed role assignment remains source-bound",
          "roles": [
            "discoverer"
          ],
          "source": {
            "citation": "Papanicolaou and Traut, The Diagnostic Value of Vaginal Smears in Carcinoma of the Uterus",
            "url": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9111103/"
          }
        },
        {
          "attribution_basis": "SOURCE_CITED",
          "credit": "historical_scientific",
          "entity_kind": "historical_person",
          "name": "Herbert F. Traut",
          "note": "Archive attribution; detailed role assignment remains source-bound",
          "roles": [
            "discoverer"
          ],
          "source": {
            "citation": "Papanicolaou and Traut, The Diagnostic Value of Vaginal Smears in Carcinoma of the Uterus",
            "url": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9111103/"
          }
        }
      ],
      "evidence": [
        {
          "description": "Bibliographic/stated-result source; not a WRS proof verification",
          "id": "source-0",
          "kind": "source_reference",
          "source": {
            "citation": "Papanicolaou and Traut, The Diagnostic Value of Vaginal Smears in Carcinoma of the Uterus",
            "url": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9111103/"
          }
        },
        {
          "description": "Bibliographic/stated-result source; not a WRS proof verification",
          "id": "source-1",
          "kind": "source_reference",
          "source": {
            "citation": "Traut and Papanicolaou, Cancer of the Uterus: The Vaginal Smear in Its Diagnosis",
            "url": "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1780413/"
          }
        }
      ],
      "origin": "HUMAN_LEGACY",
      "record_profile": "wrs-local-research-notes-0.1",
      "record_type": "research_note",
      "rrp_version": "0.1",
      "scope": {
        "description": "The record is the exact 1941 two-author paper, supported by a related 1943 full-text report. It does not claim perfect sensitivity, present-day screening intervals or sole credit for later population programmes.",
        "domain": "Diagnostics and laboratory medicine"
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "citation": "Papanicolaou and Traut, The Diagnostic Value of Vaginal Smears in Carcinoma of the Uterus",
          "url": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9111103/"
        },
        {
          "citation": "Traut and Papanicolaou, Cancer of the Uterus: The Vaginal Smear in Its Diagnosis",
          "url": "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1780413/"
        }
      ],
      "statement": "# Papanicolaou and Traut: vaginal-smear diagnosis of uterine carcinoma\n\nReported the diagnostic use of exfoliated cells from vaginal smears to detect carcinoma of the uterus, establishing a practical cytological screening approach.\n\n## Scientific scope\n\nThe record is the exact 1941 two-author paper, supported by a related 1943 full-text report. It does not claim perfect sensitivity, present-day screening intervals or sole credit for later population programmes.\n\n## Reading status\n\nThis is a source-linked WRS catalogue note. A full explanatory guide and independent scientific reconstruction have not been completed for this entry. Read the identified original work for its complete narrative and arguments.\n\n## People and systems\n\nGeorge N. Papanicolaou; Herbert F. Traut\n\nThe named authors contributed to this scoped work; individual effort shares and later applications are not assigned by the byline.\n\n\n\n## Original sources\n\n- [Papanicolaou and Traut, The Diagnostic Value of Vaginal Smears in Carcinoma of the Uterus](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9111103/)\n- [Traut and Papanicolaou, Cancer of the Uterus: The Vaginal Smear in Its Diagnosis](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1780413/)\n",
      "summary": "Reported the diagnostic use of exfoliated cells from vaginal smears to detect carcinoma of the uterus, establishing a practical cytological screening approach.",
      "title": "Papanicolaou and Traut: vaginal-smear diagnosis of uterine carcinoma"
    },
    "record_id": "urn:uuid:f5063fdc-2bfe-4284-a753-041a0298d4c5",
    "version": 1,
    "source_ref": {
      "record_id": "urn:uuid:f5063fdc-2bfe-4284-a753-041a0298d4c5",
      "version": 1,
      "content_hash": "sha256:c183299a3877dacc70757a741d564cf32e977e4abffff38dbcf6675e86ab87d2"
    },
    "export_view": "wrs-public-editorial-view-1",
    "public_view_hash": "sha256:10d80b4ecd653a09af70956afc54fbfc12a62ad538cec9c85fcb12b57bce885f"
  },
  "target": {
    "record_id": "urn:uuid:f5063fdc-2bfe-4284-a753-041a0298d4c5",
    "version": 1,
    "content_hash": "sha256:c183299a3877dacc70757a741d564cf32e977e4abffff38dbcf6675e86ab87d2"
  },
  "published_grade": {
    "profile": "wrs-published-grade-1",
    "edition": "2026-10-28.1",
    "id": "papanicolaou-traut-vaginal-smears-1941",
    "entry_id": "papanicolaou-traut-vaginal-smears-1941",
    "revision": 1,
    "title": "Papanicolaou and Traut: vaginal-smear diagnosis of uterine carcinoma",
    "context": "Clinical diagnostics",
    "track": "Cytological screening method",
    "band": "A",
    "modifier": "+",
    "status": "PROVISIONAL_EDITORIAL",
    "assessed_on": "2026-09-25",
    "evidence_cutoff": "2026-09-25",
    "achievement_state": "SUPPORTED_SCOPED_RESULT",
    "what_changed": "Exfoliated-cell microscopy became a practical route to detecting uterine carcinoma.",
    "scope": "Exact two-author 1941 paper, contextualized by their 1943 report; not present-day screening accuracy or population programmes.",
    "evidence_summary": "The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is the exact 1941 two-author paper, supported by a related 1943 full-text report. It does not claim perfect sensitivity, present-day screening intervals or sole credit for later population programmes.",
    "references": [
      {
        "title": "Papanicolaou and Traut, The Diagnostic Value of Vaginal Smears in Carcinoma of the Uterus",
        "url": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9111103/",
        "locator": "Source for the stated contribution; scientific claims remain bounded to the linked work."
      },
      {
        "title": "Traut and Papanicolaou, Cancer of the Uterus: The Vaginal Smear in Its Diagnosis",
        "url": "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1780413/",
        "locator": "Source for the stated contribution; scientific claims remain bounded to the linked work."
      }
    ],
    "roles": [
      {
        "who": "George N. Papanicolaou",
        "credit": "SCIENCE",
        "did": "Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured."
      },
      {
        "who": "Herbert F. Traut",
        "credit": "SCIENCE",
        "did": "Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured."
      }
    ],
    "target": {
      "record_id": "urn:uuid:f5063fdc-2bfe-4284-a753-041a0298d4c5",
      "version": 1,
      "content_hash": "sha256:c183299a3877dacc70757a741d564cf32e977e4abffff38dbcf6675e86ab87d2"
    },
    "scientific_correctness_certified": false,
    "independent_expert_calibration": false,
    "method": "PROPRIETARY",
    "points": "200000"
  },
  "canonical_agent_submission": false,
  "scientific_verification_awarded": false,
  "reader_guide": null,
  "reading_status": "SOURCE_LINKED_NOTE"
}