001 Introduction to Cytology 1. Cytology beginning Dr George Nicolas Papanicolaou vaginal/cervical smear detection of hormonal effect discovery: the ability to detect cancer beginning of cytology early detection of cervical cancer 2. Cytopathology A branch of pathology that studies and diagnoses diseases on the cellular level It refers to diagnostic techniques that are used to examine cells under the microscopic form various body sites to determine the cause or nature of disease 3. Function of cytopathology lab Diagnostic test: finds out if a disease is present and, if so, it precisely and accurately classify the disease Screening test: to find people who might have a certain disease even before they develop symptoms 4. Cervical cancer screening It is a method of preventing cancer by detecting and treating early abnormalities HPV infection Low grade cervical dysplasia High grade cervical dysplasia Invasive cancer...