Cervical smears prepared around the time of menses have been linked to unsatisfactory specimens and false negative results; however, it is unclear whether liquid-based cytology is similarly affected ...

Morphologic diagnoses in cytopathology are primarily driven by spatial relationships, while color-based information is relegated to a very minor role. This may be because the human eye has limited ...

Genome-wide copy number analysis of circulating tumor cells from patients (pts) with metastatic breast cancer (MBC). Background: Fine needle aspiration (FNA) cytology is a common diagnostic tool in ...

CHICAGO — A typical cytology specimen contains sufficient DNA for next-generation sequencing, report researchers who suggest the tiny tissue samples should be routinely tested. Cytology specimens, ...

Clearance of Type-Specific, Low-Risk, and High-Risk Cervical Human Papillomavirus Infections in HIV-Negative and HIV-Positive Women This was a cross-sectional comparative study of 200 consenting ...

Cytology is the examination of cells from the body under a microscope. The test commonly checks for infection, inflammatory disease of the urinary tract, cancer, or precancerous conditions. It’s ...

Are your urinary cytology reports cloudy? Do they seem cryptic with more caveats and disclaimers than a Don King boxing contract? Well, please read on. The purpose of this article is to point out some ...

To be able to provide advice to clinicians about appropriate specimens for different types of nucleic acid based diagnostic tests, and to communicate urgency of certain samples to the laboratory staff ...

Objective To compare the diagnostic accuracy of minipad collected menstrual blood versus clinician collected cervical samples ...

So, in general, the more of the tissue, the better for biomarker testing. In general, 1 cm 3 volume of tissue is appropriate for the biomarker testing. For most of the resected tumors, this is usually ...

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