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Biomedical scientists are the foundation of modern healthcare, from cancer screening to diagnosing HIV, from blood transfusion for surgery to food poisoning and infection control. Without biomedical scientists the diagnosis of disease, the evaluation of the effectiveness of treatment, and research into the causes and cures of disease would not be possible.
The Fundamentals of Biomedical Science series has been written to reflect the challenges of practicing biomedical science today. It draws together essential basic science with insights into laboratory practice to show how an understanding of the biology of disease is coupled to the analytical approaches that lead to diagnosis. Assuming only a minimum of prior knowledge, the series reviews the full range of disciplines to which a Biomedical Scientist may be exposed-from microbiology to cytopathology to transfusion science.
Cytopathology provides a wide-ranging overview of the microscopic study of normal and abnormal cells, showing how current visualization methods are used to study cell structure, and how early detection of abnormal cell pathology can lead to timely clinical interventions.
List of contents
- 1: Behdad Shambayati: Introduction: a glance at the past, a glimpse of the future
- 2: Andrew Evered and Behdad Shambayati: Preparation techniques
- 3: John Crossley and Beverley Crossley: The cervical screening process
- 4: Andrew Evered: Normal cervical cytology
- 5: Andrew Evered: Abnormal cervical cytology
- 6: John Crossley and Paul Cross: Quality issues in cervical screening and cytology
- 7: Andrew Evered: Diagnostic cytopathology
- 8: Behdad Shambayati: Cytology of urine
- 9: Behdad Shambayati: Serous effusions and peritoneal washings
- 10: Behdad Shambayati: Lower respiratory tract cytology
- 11: Behdad Shambayati: Fine needle aspiration cytology
- 12: Paul Cross and Behdad Shambayati: Cytology of head and neck
- 13: Stephen Blackman and Behdad Shambayati: Basic semen analysis
- 14: Behdad Shambayati: Cytology of the biliary tract and pancreas
- 15: Bruno Ping: Advances in cytopathology
- 16: Andrew Evered: Data analysis in cytopathology
- 17: Andrew Evered: Expertise in cytopathology
About the author
Behdad Shambayati is Consultant Clinical Cytologist at the Cytopathology Department, Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals Foundation Trust, Chertsey, Surrey
Summary
Cytopathology provides a wide-ranging overview of the microscopic study of normal and abnormal cells, showing how current visualization methods are used to study cell structure, and how early detection of abnormal cell pathology can lead to timely clinical interventions.
Report
Review from previous edition The flow of information is excellent and the text is well-written... a good introductory text for undergraduates with an interest in cytology and for professionals in training. Dr Lesley Walton, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University
