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The adequate papanicolaou smear revisited
Author(s) -
Greening Shirley E.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
diagnostic cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1097-0339
pISSN - 8755-1039
DOI - 10.1002/dc.2840010113
Subject(s) - medicine , papanicolaou stain , gynecology , papanicolaou test , obstetrics , cervical cancer , cancer
The reliance on the Papanicolaou smear as a screening and diagnostic test for uterine cancer and its precursors infers that appraisal of the specimen's adequacy is based upon a uniform standard of quality. The presence or absence of endocervical cells in cervical samples has been suggested as one measure of a specimen's adequacy. Not all Cytologists are satisfied with the reliability of this criterion, however. On‐going studies are indicated to determine those factors which are critical to the evaluation of the adequacy of these specimens.