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Cancer
Studies from Mayo Clinic provide new data on cancer
October 9th, 2008
According to a study from the United States, "Endometrial cytology sampling devices for direct uterine sampling have been shown in previous Studies to be a reliable and relatively painless method for detecting endometrial lesions. The purpose of the current Study was to determine the performance characteristics of endometrial cytology for the detection of malignancy and atypical hyperplasia using liquid-based cytology specimens collected with the Tao brush sampler." "Brushings of the endometrial cavity were obtained from 139 hysterectomy specimens before routine histopathologic evaluation. Cytology specimens were fixed in PreservCyt and processed using ThinPrep...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-10-09)
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