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Liquid‐based cytology for cervical screening

Nick Payne, James B. Chilcott, Euphemia McGoogan

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Abstract

England and Wales' new National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) has completed the first of its appraisals and issued guidance on a diagnostic technique rather than a therapeutic intervention. 1 It was directed to examine the use of liquid‐based cytology (LBC) for cervical screening and took evidence from a wide variety of sources. LBC is a new method of preparing cervical samples for cytological examination. Unlike the conventional ‘smear’ preparation it involves making a suspension of cells from the sample and this is used to produce a thin layer of cells on a slide.

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England and Wales' new National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) has completed the first of its appraisals and issued guidance on a diagnostic technique rather than a therapeutic intervention. 1 It was directed to examine the use of liquid‐based cytology (LBC) for cervical screening and took evidence from a wide variety of sources. LBC is a new method of preparing cervical samples for cytological examination. Unlike the conventional ‘smear’ preparation it involves making a suspension of cells from the sample and this is used to produce a thin layer of cells on a slide.

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England and Wales' new National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) has completed the first of its appraisals and issued guidance on a diagnostic technique rather than a therapeutic intervention. 1 It was directed to examine the use of liquid‐based cytology (LBC) for cervical screening and took evidence from a wide variety of sources. LBC is a new method of preparing cervical samples for cytological examination. Unlike the conventional ‘smear’ preparation it involves making a suspension of cells from the sample and this is used to produce a thin layer of cells on a slide.

Key concepts: Liquid-based cytology, Medicine, Cervical screening, Cytology, Nice, Excellence, Thin layer, Gynecology

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