Is cervical smear a TCT?

Cervical smear and TCT are two different examination methods, but their examination results are the same. They are mainly used to check whether cervical cancer exists, and are also the more advanced methods for cervical cancer examination. The Tct test is to extract a scrape of cervical cells and then test the cervical cells, while the cervical smear is to scrape off the epithelial cells and then smear them on a glass slide for examination. You can understand the difference between these two examination methods.

The difference between cervical smear and TCT.

Both cervical smear and TCT examination are done to check whether there is cervical cancer. TCT examination was introduced in the early 1990s as a liquid-based cytology test. Compared with traditional cervical smears, TCT has a higher accuracy rate. The TCT examination uses a brush to scrape the cervical cells, so a large number of cells scraped will be fixed in the specimen bottle. Therefore, more cells are collected than in routine examinations, and the doctor has a higher accuracy rate when reading the films.

Cervical smear is a more traditional method of detecting cervical cancer. It is to obtain cervical epithelial cells through scraping, and then smear the scraping on a glass slide. The doctor fixes the slide on appropriate alcohol and sends it to the pathologist for further examination. The pathologist makes a pathological diagnosis based on the nuclear morphology, structural abnormalities and patina changes.

TCT examination has less error than cervical scraping, can significantly improve the detection rate of cancerous cells, and correspondingly reduce the number of times cervical scraping is needed, thus reducing patients' unnecessary worries caused by frequent testing and reducing corresponding costs. For early cervical cancer screening, liquid-based cytology examination is now mostly used, which enables patients to detect cervical lesions earlier and more promptly.

Is cervical smear reliable?

When you feel you need to do some uterine examination, you can take the cervical smear method, but there are still some risks. Do you think cervical smear is reliable?

A Pap smear is a procedure in which a small sample of cells is taken from the cervix of the uterus and placed on a glass slide. Then, under a microscope, studying abnormal cervical smears is the simplest and most effective way to diagnose cervical cancer. After the external cervical os was fully exposed, the blade was rotated 360 degrees outside the cervix to gently scrape the mucosa and secretions, and then the secretions were evenly removed, applied to serial slides, and immediately fixed in 95% ethanol for 15 min.

In summary, cervical smears are suitable for initial screening of cervical disease, while cervical biopsy can be used. The clear diagnosis of cervical disease can be said to be the "gold standard" for diagnosing cervical disease. A cervical biopsy is a biopsy of the cervix where a small piece or pieces of tissue are removed from the cervix for pathological examination to confirm the diagnosis. There is suspected cancer in the cervix, or suspected cancer cells in the cervical smear, or suspected specific inflammation, such as cervical tuberculosis.

Cervical smear test

Have you ever had a cervical smear test? Do you know what the specific process is? In fact, if you don’t understand, you should not have the surgery easily. First, let’s understand what a cervical smear test looks like.

1. Please consult an experienced obstetrician and gynecologist for examination. In addition to the location and collection technique of the Pap smear, observation with the naked eye and attendance at hospital clinics are also necessary tasks for obstetricians and gynecologists, and accuracy can be improved.

2. Do not flush the vagina before the examination in the 24th to 48th hour. Many women do local vaginal flushing before seeing a gynecologist to show courtesy, so their condition is not good and it affects the results of the smear.

3. The principle after menstruation is very clear. If there is no menstruation or abnormal bleeding, the odor in the secretions can be extracted at any time. Some people undergo regular examinations. If any abnormalities are found within a predetermined time, they should go to the hospital for examination immediately.

4. There must be results after the examination. Many obstetrics and gynecology patients may be too busy and forget to look at the results. Please note that no results are equivalent to white, which may delay the disease in severe cases.

5. Cervical smears can only be used for anti-cancer screening and therefore cannot be used as a formal basis for diagnosis. The final conclusion is the pathologist's report, so don't panic when you hear abnormal cell lesions.