title: A brief history of diagnostic cytology.
abstract: Being a discipline specialized for diagnosis of tumors, diagnostic cytology has a history of over 100 years. By exploring the origin, development and its formative process, valuable and special information which are helpful to the general investigation of tumor cases and screening of such patients can be provided.
authors.affiliation: Hubei Provincial Medical College for Health Professional Workers, Jinzhou.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Peng
mesh_terms: D003585:Cell Biology / Q000266:history*; D003581:Cytodiagnosis / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000266:history*