Chapter 13: Diagnostic tests
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The intention of a cervical screening test is to collect squamous epithelial cells and some endocervical cells from the transformation zone and squamocolumnar junction of the cervix (Figure 13.20). The sampling technique must take into consideration that the position of the squamocolumnar junction changes with age, contraception and parity (Higgins [84], WHO [259]).
