Liquid-based cytology for cervical screening |
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| Authors: | N. Payne J. Chilcott E. McGoogan |
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| Affiliation: | School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, and;University of Edinburgh and Patient Services Director, Directorate of Pathology, Lothian University Hospitals NHS Trust, Edinburgh UK |
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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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