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NICE guidance - liquid based cytology for cervical screening

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Summary points of the NICE guidance:

  • recommended that liquid-based cytology (LBC) is used as the primary means of processing samples in the cervical
    screening programme in England and Wales
  • currently insufficient evidence to recommend one LBC product over another

For full details consult the full guidance (1).

Reference

  1. NICE. Guidance on the use of liquid-based cytology for cervical screening. Technology appraisal guidance TA69. Published October 2003, last reviewed April 2014.

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