HPV testing through p16 immunocytochemistry in neck-mass FNA and its correlation with tissue samples.
Zhongbo YangCarmen Gomez-FernandezManuel Lora GonzalezMagda EsebuaDarcy A KerrPublished in: Cancer cytopathology (2019)
p16 ICC on cytology smears shows diminished staining in comparison with surgical samples. Using 50% staining as the cutoff to consider positivity for p16 in cytology smears is proposed to decrease false-negative results while maintaining specificity.