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The liquid-based cytology sample preparations (liquid-based preparation [LBP]) include ThinPrep (TP) (Cytyc Corp, Marlborough, MA) and SurePath (SP) (TriPath Imaging Inc., Burlington, NC). In both of these systems, instead of smearing cells on a slide, cells are rinsed into a liquid collection media containing fixatives. This ensures the capture of an entire sample from the collection devices. For conventional smears, most of the sample (≈80%) is discarded with the sampling device. Despite the difference in preparatory techniques, the two LBP, TP and SP, are similar in appearance (Table 1).
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Hoda, R.S., Hoda, S.A. (2007). Liquid-Based Preparations. In: Fundamentals of Pap Test Cytology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-276-2_6
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