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From Its Earliest Days, Cytology Program Has Made Major Contributions to Health Care

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Photo of an early cytotechnology class

Back in the 1950s, the cytology program at what is now the University of Tennessee Health Science Center was recruited to provide support for a mass screening project that has been critical to the health of generations of women.   From July 1952 to June 1957, the Memphis Project tested 290,000 women with a new procedure,… Read More