Is there a role for the thinprep imaging system in reporting anal cytology?

J Margaret Roberts; F Jin; D Ekman; M Kay Adams; R Lindsay McDonald; J Kathleen Thurloe; A Richards; I Mary Poynten; C Law; C Kincaid Fairley; R John Hillman; SN Tabrizi; A Marie Cornall; D James Templeton; S Marie Garland; A Edwin Grulich; A Farnsworth

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Is there a role for the thinprep imaging system in reporting anal cytology?

J Margaret Roberts, F Jin, D Ekman, M Kay Adams, R Lindsay McDonald, J Kathleen Thurloe, A Richards, I Mary Poynten, C Law, C Kincaid Fairley, R John Hillman, SN Tabrizi, A Marie Cornall, D James Templeton, S Marie Garland, A Edwin Grulich, A Farnsworth

Diagnostic Cytopathology | Published : 2016

DOI: 10.1002/dc.23451

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Abstract

Background The ThinPrep Imaging System (TIS) is an accurate time-saving method of reading cervical ThinPrep slides in screening programs. As anal and cervical cytology are morphologically similar, TIS can potentially be used for anal cytology. We assessed the performance of TIS on anal ThinPrep slides from homosexual men in a natural history study of human papillomavirus-related anal abnormalities. Methods Four hundred nineteen anal cytology slides were processed by TIS and classified by a cytologist as either No further review (slide archived) or Manual review (slide requiring full manual screen). The results were compared with the original manual screening report for all slides and specifi..

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[ "Contract grant sponsor: NHMRC; contract grant numbers: 568971; 1071269; 1016307.", "Contract grant sponsor: Cancer Council NSW; contract grant number: 13-11." ]