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 …

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 …

Abstract The false-negative Papanicolaou (Pap) smear is the major quality issue currently
facing the practitioners of diagnostic cytology. Failure to detect cervical disease in women …

Objective To evaluate the diagnostic performance of a liquid-based Pap test, the ThinPrep
Pap test (TP)(Cytyc Corp., Boxborough, Massachusetts, USA), by comparing concurrent TP …

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 …

Objective: To compare the frequency of Pap test results in a prospective series of direct to
vial ThinPrep tests to a cohort of conventionally prepared tests. To follow‐up all test results …

The authors compared the accuracy of conventionally prepared smears and smears
prepared by an automated, fluid-based, thin-layer processing device in the detection of …

To evaluate the sensitivity and suitability of ThinPrep, a new slide preparation technique,
2026 paired cervical cytology slides were examined. After conventional Papanicolaou …

Abstract BACKGROUND The ThinPrep® Papanicolaou (Pap) test, a liquid‐based alternative
to the long‐used conventional Pap smear, received Food and Drug Administration approval …

A new automated method for collecting and preparing cells for cytologic screening (termed
the ThinPrep® process) was tested. Four hundred forty-nine specimens prepared by …