Liquid‐based preparations (LBP) are increasingly being used both for gynecologic (gyn)
and non‐gynecologic (non‐gyn) cytology including fine needle aspirations (FNA). The two …

Liquid‐based preparations (LBPs) have largely replaced conventional Papanicolaou
smears (CPS) for cervical samples in the United States and in many other industrialized …

Context Liquid-based cytology has been developed as an alternative for conventional
cervical cytology. Despite numerous studies and systematic reviews, controversy remains …

Cancer of the cervix is the second most common life-threatening cancer among women
worldwide and bothincidence and mortality rates are likely to be underestimated in …

The implementation of population-based screening for cervical cancer with Pap smear in the
early sixties was set to detect and treat precancerous lesions, hopefully preventing a …

Cervical cancer is one of the leading health burdens globally with a huge incidence in
developing countries like India. Cervical cancer has an extended premalignant stage known …

This article reviews the data available as of 2004 on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness
of cervical screening with the two available cytologic methods, the conventional …

Purpose: The sensitivity of urine cytology is higher for carcinoma in situ and poorly
differentiated tumors in bladder cancer, while being fairly low for low-grade or well …

Background: Even though cervico-vaginal smears have been used as a primary screening
test for cervical carcinoma, the diagnostic accuracy has been controversial. The present …

Abstract Objectives: The Papanicolaou smear is a standard test for cervical cancer
screening; however, the most important challenge is high false negative results. Several …