Fine-needle aspiration biopsies of soft tissue tumors are often not fully diagnostic on conventional Papanicolaou or Giemsa stains. Often, more useful information can be gleaned from preparing cell ...

A Pap smear test is very important to screen for abnormalities of cells in the cervix. Done regularly, it can help to recognize changes earlier and allows many women to seek treatment and avoid the ...

During a Pap smear the most uncomfortable part will be when the doctor inserts a speculum into your vagina. However, the pain should be minimal and brief. Peter Dazeley/Getty Images A Pap smear is a ...

J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2009;24(4):509-519. One of the most important issues may be the introduction of rapid staining performed by a cytopathologist or cytotechnician during the procedure. Aspirated ...

ANGLE PRESENTS NEW POSTER AT AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL PATHOLOGY MEETING Poster describes novel use of Pap stain procedure to analyse morphology of CTCs harvested using the Parsortix system ...

Development of a National Cancer Registry in a Low Resourced Country: The Case of Kenya National Cancer Registry Programme Background: Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer ...

Roche’s CINtec PLUS Cytology is the only FDA-approved and CE-marked dual-stain test to triage human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive cervical cancer screening test results Dual-stain biomarkers aid in ...

Over the last few years, FTIR spectroscopy has become a potential analytical method in tissue and cell studies for cancer diagnosis. This has opened a way towards clinical applications such as a tool ...

The patient is a 73-year-old female with history of complex cystic and solid ovarian mass on CT. A pelvic wash was performed, exhibiting multiple clusters as seen in the pictures below (Pap stain, ...

A Pap smear is a procedure that screens for cervical cancer by testing cells for any abnormalities. If your Pap results are abnormal that does not mean you have cancer, and more likely indicates HPV.