Advances in Gyn Testing

 

Our pathologists:

• Strive to continually provide the best and cutting edge technology to patients and healthcare providers.
• Investigate, research, and invest in the best possible testing methods.
• Use the latest advances in Pap testing. This includes Cytyc’s ThinPrep™ Pap test. Also, PCNM was the first in the state of New Mexico to utilize Cytyc’s Image Directed Cytology™ System, which improves the accuracy of the ThinPrep™ Pap test.
• Utilize additional (ancillary) testing via the specimen contained in the ThinPrep™ vial. With this advance in testing, three diagnoses can be rendered from one specimen. These include the Pap test results, HPV (human papillomavirus) presence or absence, and sexually transmitted diseases (gonorrhea and chlamydia) testing.

What does that mean to you, our patient?

• The ThinPrep™ Pap test detects abnormal cells in the cervix better than the conventional Pap test.
• Image Directed Cytology™ improves the accuracy of the ThinPrep™ Pap test.
• Having a Pap test at regular intervals helps you better manage your health and prevent cancer through early detection.
• 80% of women do not exhibit symptoms of chlamydia. Using the specimen contained in the ThinPrep™ vial, you can be also be tested for chlamydia and gonorrhea at the same time at your annual examination and Pap test.
• The test for presence of HPV can also be performed from the same ThinPrep™ vial. The presence or absence of HPV guides your clinician in deciding what the best course of care will be.
• With a negative HPV and a negative Pap test, it is most likely you will not develop a significant cervical lesion in the next three to five years.

Our goal: