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

TÜRKMEN, İLKNUR; USUBÜTÜN, ALP; ÇAKIR, ASLI; AYDIN, ÖZLEM; AKA  BOLAT, FİLİZ; AKBULUT, METİN; ALTINAY, SERDAR; ARICI, DİLEK; ASLAN, FİGEN; ASTARCI, HESNA; KILIÇ BAĞIR, EMİNE; BAŞ, YILMAZ; BAŞSÜLLÜ, NURAY; ÇELİK, BETÜL; ÇETİNER, HANDAN; ÇOBANOĞLU ŞİMŞEK, BENGÜ; AYDIN, ABDULLAH; DEMİR, HALE; TATLI DOĞAN, HAYRİYE; EKEN, KAMİLE; ERHAN, SELMA; ERDOĞAN, KIVILCIM; ERDOĞAN, GÜLGÜN; EREN, ŞİRİN; ERSÖZ, ŞAFAK; FIRAT, PINAR; HABERAL REYHAN, ASUMAN; SOLAKOĞLU KAHRAMAN, DUDU; HARMAN KAMALI, GÜLÇİN; YUYUCU KARABULUT, YASEMİN; KEFELİ, MEHMET; KOYUNCUOĞLU ÜLGÜN, MERAL; KÖSEOĞLU, REŞİT; MÜEZZİNOĞLU, BAHAR; ÖNAL, BİNNUR; ÖNDER, SEVGEN; ÖZCAN, ZUHAL; KIMILOĞLU, ELİFE; ÖZER, HATİCE; SÖNMEZ, FATMA; ŞAHİN, SEVİNÇ; ŞAHİN, NURHAN; YALTA, TÜLİN; GÜRSES, İCLAL

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

TÜRKMEN İ., USUBÜTÜN A., ÇAKIR A., AYDIN Ö., AKA BOLAT F., AKBULUT M., ...More

Turkish Journal of Pathology, vol.33, no.2, pp.134-143, 2017 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)

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: Other Indexes
Page Numbers: pp.134-143
Keywords: Cervical Smear, Epithelial cell abnormality, Turkey, SCREENING SENSITIVITY, TURKISH POPULATION, ASC/SIL RATIO, CYTOLOGY, DIAGNOSIS, HISTOLOGY, PROGRAM, LESIONS
Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University Affiliated: No

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.