Cytopathology

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.

Contents
1: Introduction: a glance at the past, a glimpse of the future, Viv Beavers
2: Preparation techniques, Andrew Evered & Behdad Shambayati
3: The cervical screening process, John Crossley & Beverley Crossley
4: Normal cervical cytology, Andrew Evered
5: Abnormal cervical cytology, Andrew Evered
6: Quality issues in cervical screening and cytology, John Crossley & Paul Cross
7: Diagnostic cytopathology, Andrew Evered
8: Cytology of urine, Behdad Shambayati
9: Serous effusions and peritoneal washings, Behdad Shambayati
10: Lower respiratory tract cytology, Behdad Shambayati
11: Fine needle aspiration cytology, Behdad Shambayati
12: Cytology of head and neck, Paul Cross & Behdad Shambayati
13: Basic semen analysis, Stephen Blackman & Behdad Shambayati
14: Cytology of the biliary tract and pancreas, Behdad Shambayati
15: Advances in cytopathology, Bruno Ping & Margaret Morgan
16: Data analysis in cytopathology, Andrew Evered
17: Expertise in cytopathology, Andrew Evered

Behdad Shambayati, Consultant Clinical Cytologist, Cytopathology Department, Ashford and St Peters Hospitals NHS Trust

Behdad Shambayati is Consultant Clinical Cytologist at the Cytopathology Department, Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals Foundation Trust, Chertsey, Surrey