Table 3.
The CAP Laboratory Survey: Median Reporting Rates (50th Percentile) for Conventional Papanicolaou (Pap), SurePath Pap, and ThinPrep Pap Cytologic Preparations Across the Major Clinical Cytologic Categories37
| Conventional | SurePath Pap | ThinPrep | |
| Category | Pap Test | Test | Pap Test |
| ASC-US | 2.4 | 4.1* | 4.9* |
| LSIL | 1.3 | 2.5* | 3.0* |
| HSIL | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6† |
| UNSATS | 1.0 | 0.3‡ | 1.1 |
SurePath™ Pap test is manufactured by Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ.
ThinPrep® Pap test is manufactured by Hologic, Inc, Marlborough, MA.
P < .001 compared with CP.
P = .05 compared with conventional Pap and SurePath Pap tests.
P = .05 compared with conventional Pap and ThinPrep Pap tests.
ASC-US, atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance; CAP, College of American Pathologists; HSIL, high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion; LBC, liquid-based cytology; LSIL, low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion; UNSATS, unsatisfactory for evaluation.