Cytohistologic correlation rates between conventional Papanicolaou smears and ThinPrep cervical cytology: a comparison

MS Chacho, ME Mattie… - … International Journal of …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract BACKGROUND The ThinPrep® Papanicolaou (Pap) test, a liquid‐based alternative
to the long‐used conventional Pap smear, received Food and Drug Administration approval …

ThinPrep® Pap Test™: Performance and biopsy follow‐up in a university hospital

AB Carpenter, DD Davey - … International Journal of the …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract BACKGROUND The ThinPrep® Pap Test™(TP), a liquid‐based cervical cytology
preparation, was approved for use in the US in 1996. The purpose of this study was to …

Validation of the ThinPrep Papanicolaou test for cervical cancer diagnosis

SL Inhorn, D Wilbur, D Zahniser… - Journal of Lower Genital …, 1998 - journals.lww.com
Objectives. Although the accuracy of the Thin-Prep Papanicolaou (Pap) Test has been
demonstrated in the detection of precursor lesions to cervical cancer, its performance in …

Comparative study: conventional cervical and ThinPrep® Pap tests in a routine clinical setting

A Grace, P McBrearty, S Troost, M Thornhill… - …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
The conventional Papanicolaou smear is associated with variable false positive and false
negative rates, difficulties with interpretation and high unsatisfactory and suboptimal rates …

ThinPrep versus conventional Papanicolaou smear in the cytologic follow‐up of women with equivocal cervical smears

G Negri, E Menia, E Egarter‐Vigl… - … Journal of the …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND The purpose of the current study was to compare the efficacy of liquid‐
based cytology and conventional smears in the cytologic follow‐up of cases with “atypical …

Performance of a fluid-based, thin-layer Papanicolaou smear method in the clinical setting of an independent laboratory and an outpatient screening population in …

LA Díaz-Rosario, SE Kabawat - Archives of Pathology …, 1999 - meridian.allenpress.com
Abstract Background.—A patented, fluid-based, thin-layer method for preparation of
Papanicolaou (Pap) smears (ThinPrep Pap test) has been reported to be significantly more …

Comparing the accuracy of ThinPrep Pap tests and conventional Papanicolaou smears on the basis of the histologic diagnosis

IA Park, SN Lee, SW Chae, KH Park, JW Kim, HP Lee - Acta cytologica, 2001 - karger.com
Jul01: Comparing the Accuracy of ThinPrep Pap Tests and Conventional Papanicolaou
Smears on the Basis of the Histologic Diagnosi Page 1 525 OBJECTIVE: To confirm that the …

Evaluation of the ThinPrep Pap test in clinical practice. A seven-month, 16,314-case experience in northern Vermont.

JL Papillo, MA Zarka, TL St John - Acta Cytologica, 1998 - europepmc.org
Objective To compare the cytologic diagnoses and specimen adequacy of the ThinPrep Pap
Test with historical data within a distinct patient population to assess test performance and …

Reprocessing unsatisfactory ThinPrep Papanicolaou test specimens increases sample adequacy and detection of significant cervicovaginal lesions

S Islam, AM West, MH Saboorian… - … International Journal of …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND The objective of the current study was to determine the effect of
reprocessing bloody ThinPrep®(TP) samples using a glacial acetic acid technique on the …

The ThinPrep Pap test. A review of clinical studies.

J Linder, D Zahniser - Acta cytologica, 1997 - europepmc.org
Study design Clinical trials of the ThinPrep Beta and the ThinPrep 2000 performed in the
United States were reviewed. In each a single sample was used to first prepare a …