Liquid-based cytology and conventional cervical smears

A comparison of liquid-based cytology with conventional Papanicolaou smears in cervical dysplasia diagnosis

BACKGROUND Due to the high number of women affected by cervical cancer and the importance of an early diagnosis, combined with the frequent incidence of false-negative Papanicolaou (Pap) smear screening results for this disease, several studies have been conducted in recent years in order to find better tests. Liquid-based cytology (LBC) tests, including the liquid-based thin layer method, have...

A comparative study of conventional and liquid-based cervical cytology.

OBJECTIVES The aim of our study is the comparison of the results of conventional smear (CC) technique and liquidbased cytology (LBC) technique used as cervical cancer screening methods. MATERIAL AND METHODS The results of 47954 patients submitted to smear screening in our gynecology clinic between January 2008 and December 2014 have been studied. The smear results have been divided into two g...

Adequacy rate comparison between liquid-based cytology using SurePath versus conventional smears in detecting thyroid malignancies

Background: Controversy exists about the diagnostic value of liquid-based cytology (LBC) compared to conventional smears (CS). Most prior studies of LBC were performed using ThinPrep system. Few studies have ever compared the adequacy rate of SurePath with conventional smears. Methods: We performed a prospective comparison of LBC using SurePath with CS in 304 thyroid nodules. Four needle sticks...

Liquid-based cytology in cervical screening

Compare of Sensitivity and Specificity of Liquid-Based and Conventional Cytology Smears in Fine Needle Aspirates for Diagnosis of Breast Mass

Introduction: This study aimed to compare the cytology results obtained by the conventional smear method with those obtained by the liquid-based method for the diagnosis of palpable breast masses in women referred to the clinic of Shahid Mohammadi Hospital in Bandar Abbas city. Methods: The research method was descriptive–cross-sectional. The research sample was selected based on purposive and ...