Cervical cancer screening: Liquid based cytology is successful

Liquid Based Cytology Cervical Cancer Screening Program—Georgian Experience

Objective: The study aimed to evaluate liquid based cytology as a tool for cervical cancer screening in Georgia. Materials and Methods: 1293 cervical cytology samples have been analyzed in Georgia. The samples had been collected and processed by the usage of materials and equipment provided by Hologic. Prepared smears were post-fixed in 96% ethanol and stained accordingly with Papanicolau proto...

Liquid-based cytology in cervical screening

Liquid-based cytology: the new screening test for cervical cancer control.

Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care 2004: 30(2) Background to the UK Cervical Screening Programmes On 22 October 2003, the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) recommended to the National Health Service (NHS) in England and Wales that liquid-based cytology (LBC) should be introduced as the primary means of processing samples in the NHS Cervical Screening Program...

Conventional Pap Smear and Liquid Based Cytology for Cervical Cancer Screening – A Comparative Study

The study was undertaken to evaluate liquid based cytology (Pap spin) and to compare the sensitivity of Pap spin with conventional Pap smear. Pap smears were taken from 160 patients with gynaecologic complaints with Ayre’s spatula and endocervical cytobrush and slides prepared. The residual material on both the spatula and cytobrush were rinsed in Pap spin collection fluid and centrifuged. Dire...

Benefits of Cervical Cancer Screening by Liquid-Based Cytology as Part of Routine Antenatal Assessment.

PURPOSE To determine the prevalence of abnormal cervical cytology, as diagnosed using a liquid-based cytology technique, in pregnant women attending the Antenatal Care (ANC) clinic at Siriraj Hospital. MATERIALS AND METHODS This cross-sectional study included 655 first-visit pregnant women who attended ANC clinic at Siriraj Hospital during June to November 2015 study period. After receiving r...