Access to pathology and laboratory medicine services: a crucial gap

ML Wilson, KA Fleming, MA Kuti, LM Looi, N Lago… - The Lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
As global efforts accelerate to implement the Sustainable Development Goals and, in
particular, universal health coverage, access to high-quality and timely pathology and …

A novel attention-guided convolutional network for the detection of abnormal cervical cells in cervical cancer screening

L Cao, J Yang, Z Rong, L Li, B Xia, C You, G Lou… - Medical image …, 2021 - Elsevier
Early detection of abnormal cervical cells in cervical cancer screening increases the
chances of timely treatment. But manual detection requires experienced pathologists and is …

Cric searchable image database as a public platform for conventional pap smear cytology data

MT Rezende, R Silva, FO Bernardo, AHG Tobias… - Scientific data, 2021 - nature.com
Amidst the current health crisis and social distancing, telemedicine has become an
important part of mainstream of healthcare, and building and deploying computational tools …

[HTML][HTML] Conventional microscopical versus digital whole-slide imaging-based diagnosis of thin-layer cervical specimens: a validation study

O Bongaerts, C Clevers, M Debets, D Paffen… - Journal of pathology …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background: Whole-slide imaging (WSI) has been implemented in many areas of pathology,
but primary diagnostics of cytological specimens are lagging behind. One of the objectives …

False-negative rate of papanicolaou testing: A national survey from the Thai society of cytology

S Koonmee, A Bychkov, S Shuangshoti… - Acta cytologica, 2017 - karger.com
Objective: To evaluate the performance of Papanicolaou smear screening in Thailand at the
national level, and to propose recommendations for continuing quality control. Study Design …

Internal formative meta-evaluation: Assuring quality in evaluation practice

MA Harnar, JA Hillman, CL Endres… - American Journal of …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
The term meta-evaluation—referring to the “evaluation of evaluations”—has been in the
evaluation lexicon for a half-century. Despite this longevity, research on meta-evaluation is …

[HTML][HTML] Quality assurance in cytology reporting in Ghana: an urgent call

K Effah, JE Amuah, E Tekpor, CM Wormenor… - …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods We applied quality guidelines to all PAP smear diagnoses of high-grade squamous
intraepithelial lesion (HSIL) at Catholic Hospital Battor from 1 June 2016 to 31 August 2021 …

Eco-Pap: the ecological modification of the Papanicolaou stain for sustainable cervical cancer diagnosis

J Moya-Salazar, V Rojas-Zumaran - Acta cytologica, 2019 - karger.com
Objectives: To validate the ecological modification of the Papanicolaou stain (Eco-Pap) for
the diagnosis of cervical cancer. Study Design: A prospective study was performed at the …

Enhancing Model Generalization of Cervical Fluid-Based Cell Detection through Causal Feature Extraction: A Novel Method

Q Pan, B Yang, D Chen… - Asian Conference on …, 2024 - proceedings.mlr.press
Cervical cancer is the most common gynecologic malignancy, and in clinical practice,
cervical cancer is best treated if it is detected at an early stage. Thinprep Cytologic Test …

Organized cervical cancer screening program in Barretos, Brazil: experience in 18 municipalities of São Paulo state

JC Possati-Resende, FL Vazquez, ST Biot, EC Mauad… - Acta cytologica, 2018 - karger.com
Objectives: The aim of this report is to demonstrate the Barretos Cancer Hospital initiative of
organizational, laboratorial, and human resources training in the implementation of an …