What does the Data of 354,725 Patients from Turkey Tell Us About Cervical Smear Epithelial Cell Abnormalities? - The Epithelial Cell Abnormality Rate is Increasing - Quality Control Studies and Corrective Activity are Musts

Turkmen, Ilknur; USUBÜTÜN, ALP; Cakir, Asli; AYDIN, Özlem; Bolat, Filiz; Akbulut, Metin; Altinay, Serdar; Arici, Sema; Aslan, Figen; Astarci, Muzeyyen; Bagir, Emine; Bas, Yilmaz; Bassullu, Nuray; Celik, Betul; Cetiner, Handan; Cobanoglu, Bengu; Aydin, Abdullah; Demir, Hale; Dogan, Hayriye; Eken, Kamile; Erhan, Selma; Erdogan, Gulgun; Erdogan, Kivilcim; Eren, Funda; Ersoz, Safak; Firat, Pinar; Gurses, Iclal; Haberal, Nihan; Kahraman, Dudu; Kamali, Gulcin; Karabulut, Yasemin; Kefeli, Mehmet; Koyuncuoglu, Meral; Koseoglu, R.; Muezzinoglu, Bahar; Onal, Binnur; Onder, Sevgen; Ozcan, Zuhal; Kimiloglu, Elife; ÖZER, HATİCE; Sonmez, F.; Sahin, Sevinc; Sahin, Nurhan; Yalta, Tulin

doi:10.5146/tjpath.2016.01380

What does the Data of 354,725 Patients from Turkey Tell Us About Cervical Smear Epithelial Cell Abnormalities? - The Epithelial Cell Abnormality Rate is Increasing - Quality Control Studies and Corrective Activity are Musts

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Turkmen I. C., USUBÜTÜN A., Cakir A., AYDIN Ö., Bolat F. A., Akbulut M., ...More

TURKISH JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY, vol.33, no.2, pp.134-143, 2017 (ESCI)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 33 Issue: 2
Publication Date: 2017
Doi Number: 10.5146/tjpath.2016.01380
Journal Name: TURKISH JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY
Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
Page Numbers: pp.134-143
Keywords: Cervical Smear, Epithelial cell abnormality, Turkey, SCREENING SENSITIVITY, TURKISH POPULATION, ASC/SIL RATIO, CYTOLOGY, DIAGNOSIS, HISTOLOGY, PROGRAM, LESIONS
Sivas Cumhuriyet University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: There is no other screening program close to the success rate of PAP test. Cervical cytology constitutes a large workload so that quality control in cervical cytology is important for the quality assurance of pathology laboratories.