Comparison of the Surepath™ liquid‐based Papanicolaou smear with the conventional Papanicolaou smear in a multisite direct‐to‐vial study

M Fremont‐Smith, J Marino, B Griffin… - … Journal of the …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Split‐sample clinical trials for liquid‐based Papanicolaou (Pap) smears
demonstrated that the liquid‐based Pap smear was a safe and effective replacement for the …

Liquid‐based cytology versus conventional Papanicolaou smear in an organized screening program: a prospective randomized study

B Strander, A Andersson‐Ellström, I Milsom… - Cancer …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND. The objective of this study was to evaluate whether liquid‐based cytology
(LBC) can improve high‐standard cervical cancer screening cytology further. The primary …

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 …

Homogeneous Sampling Accounts for the Increased Diagnostic Accuracy Using the ThinPrep Processor

ML Hutchinson, LM Isenstein… - American journal of …, 1994 - academic.oup.com
Recent clinical trials indicated that the ThinPrep™ method of sample preparation has
greater diagnostic sensitivity than the conventional direct Papanicolaou smear. The authors …

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 …

Liquid-based cytology for primary cervical cancer screening: a multi-centre study

J Monsonego, A Autillo-Touati, C Bergeron… - British Journal of …, 2001 - nature.com
The aim of this six-centre, split-sample study was to compare ThinPrep fluid-based cytology
to the conventional Papanicolaou smear. Six cytopathology laboratories and 35 …

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 …

Utility of liquid‐based cytology for cervical carcinoma screening: results of a population‐based study conducted in a region of Costa Rica with a high incidence of …

ML Hutchinson, DJ Zahniser… - … Journal of the …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND In a study using a split‐sample design, liquid‐based cytology (ThinPrep®
Processor, Cytyc Corporation, Boxborough, MA) was compared with the conventional …

Performance of ThinPrep liquid-based cervical cytology in comparison with conventionally prepared Papanicolaou smears: a quantitative survey

O Abulafia, JC Pezzullo, DM Sherer - Gynecologic oncology, 2003 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The goal of this study was to evaluate the performance of ThinPrep, a liquid-
based cytology preparation technique, in comparison with conventionally prepared …