… liquid-based Pap smear was a safe and effective replacement for the conventional Pap smear.
… detection rates of the liquid-based Pap smear with conventional Pap smears in a direct-to-…

… Abnormal rate of conventional Papanicolaou test in this study… with the the conventional
Papanicolaou smear method. These … the conventional Papanicolaou test because it allowed only …

… of ThinPrep smears compared with conventional Papanicolaou smears. The design of the
study is sound. Twenty-five prospective studies with clear outcome data comparing the two …

… the time of their appointment for smear taking by conventional Pap smear or liquid cytology.
… the midwives changed to Pap smears, and vice versa. Conventional Pap smears were taken …

… A total of 737 smears were examined in duplicate. Most of the conventional Pap smears
showed excellent preservation (91.6%) with very few showing optimal (7.6%) and sub-optimal …

… smears. In split sample trials, it has been shown to be equivalent to conventional smears in
… allowed the company to market this test as an improvement to the conventional Pap smear. …

… examination included a conventional Papanicolaou smear (using … The conventional
Papanicolaou smears were placed onto … Each biopsy sample and conventional Papanicolaou …

… techniques for collecting the Pap Smear: liquid-based and conventional. A clinician will place
a … The conventional technique involves collecting cells from the transformation zone of the …

… In our study, we evaluated both conventional and ThinPrep Papanicolaou smears obtained
from patients not known to have cancer and compared patient characteristics, Pap smear …

… 1, 2, 3 The ThinPrep Pap test (TP) was proposed as an alternative technique that should
guarantee a more reliable diagnosis compared with the conventional Pap smear (CS). Although …