Main description:

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: Behdad Shambayati: Introduction: a glance at the past, a glimpse of the future
2: Andrew Evered & Behdad Shambayati: Preparation techniques
3: John Crossley & Beverley Crossley: The cervical screening process
4: Andrew Evered: Normal cervical cytology
5: Andrew Evered: Abnormal cervical cytology
6: John Crossley & 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 & Behdad Shambayati: Cytology of head and neck
13: Stephen Blackman & 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