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, FİLİZ; AKBULUT, METİN; Altinay, Serdar; Arici, Sema; Aslan, Figen; Astarci, Muzeyyen; BAĞIR KILIÇ, EMİNE; BAŞ, YILMAZ; Bassullu, Nuray; Celik, Betul; Cetiner, Handan; ÇOBANOĞLU ŞİMŞEK, BENGÜ; AYDIN, ABDULLAH; Demir, Hale; Dogan, Hayriye; Eken, Kamile; Erhan, Selma; ERDOĞAN, GÜLGÜN; Erdogan, Kivilcim; Eren, Funda; ERSÖZ, ŞAFAK; Firat, Pınar; GÜRSES, İCLAL; Haberal, Nihan; Kahraman, Dudu; Kamali, Gulcin; Karabulut, Yasemin; KEFELİ, MEHMET; KOYUNCUOĞLU ÜLGÜN, MERAL; KÖSEOĞLU, REŞİT; Muezzinoglu, Bahar; Onal, Binnur; Onder, Sevgen; Ozcan, Zuhal; Kimiloglu, Elife; ÖZER, HATİCE; Sonmez, F.; ŞAHİN, SEVİNÇ; 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

Turkmen I. C., USUBÜTÜN A., Cakir A., AYDIN Ö., BOLAT F., AKBULUT M., ...More

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

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
Istanbul 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.