title: 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
abstract: There is an increase in the global Epithelial Cell Abnormality rate and there are great differences among centers. Quality control studies including the Atypical squamous cells/Squamous intraepithelial lesion ratio are important. Corrective and preventive action according to quality control parameters is a must. A cervical cytology subspecialist in every center can be utopic but a dedicated pathologist in the center is certainly needed.
journal: Turkish Journal of Pathology