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Esoteric laboratory institute converts to ThinPrep Pap Test.
2004 APR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cytyc Corporation (CYTC) and PathNet Esoteric Laboratory Institute (PathNet) announced that PathNet intends to convert all Pap tests to the ThinPrep Pap Test.
PathNet processes approximately 300,000 Pap tests annually and is the leading provider of Pap testing for underserved women in need of cervical cancer screening.
"We initially implemented the ThinPrep Pap Test in 1998. Our own data and the weight of the published evidence clearly show the clinical benefits of the ThinPrep Pap Test," said Alan Kaye, president of PathNet.
"We believe it is in the best interest of our patients to standardize using this proven technology so that all patients, insured and uninsured, are provided the same standard of care."
"We must continue to educate and emphasize to women the importance of regular cervical cancer screening," said Juan Felix, MD, PathNet's medical director.
"However, we must also recognize that many of our patients cannot or will not come in for regular screening. It is especially important ...
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...annual scientific meeting of the American Society of Cytopathology in Philadelphia confirmed Cytyc Corporation's ThinPrep Pap Test as offering increased detection of biopsy-confirmed cervical disease with improved sensitivity and specificity...
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...Pre-Market Approval Supplement for the ThinPrep Pap Test related to the testing of ThinPrep Pap Test samples by molecular diagnostic methods...PreservCyt sample vial before preparing the ThinPrep Pap Test slide to better facilitate ancillary testing...
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...Lyndhurst, New Jersey) for the ThinPrep Pap Test. Quest said it first introduced the ThinPrep Pap Test in 1997 and has been instrumental...network." In addition to the new ThinPrep Pap Test contract, Quest has agreed...
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- Press release article from: Business Wire March 10, 2003 700+ words
...comparing the performance of the ThinPrep Pap Test to the conventional Pap smear...samples and more than 160,000 ThinPrep Pap Test samples. The results of the study showed that the ThinPrep Pap Test increased the detection of high...
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...than 40 studies involving its ThinPrep Pap Test and ThinPrep Imaging System...high-grade lesions with the ThinPrep Pap Test and adjunctive testing for human...papillomavirus directly from the ThinPrep Pap Test vial. Seven studies focused...
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