Cytologist - CT(ASCP) and CT(ASCPⁱ)

Specialist in Cytology - SCT(ASCP) and SCT(ASCPⁱ)

Suggested Reading for Examination Preparation

This list is intended only as a partial reference source. Its distribution does not indicate endorsement by the American Society for Clinical Pathology Board of Certification (ASCP BOC), nor does the ASCP BOC wish to imply that the content of the examination will be drawn solely from these publications.

Journals

ACTA Cytologica: The Journal of Clinical Cytology and Cytopathology. Published by Karger International.
AJCP: American Journal of Clinical Pathology. Published by Oxford University Press.
Cancer Cytopathology. Published by the American Cancer Society and John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Diagnostic Cytopathology. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology. Published by Elsevier.
Perkins, R.B., et. al. (2020). 2019 ASCCP Risk-Based Management Consensus Guidelines for the Management of Abnormal Cervical Cancer Screening Tests and Cancer Precursors. Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, 24(2), 102-131. https://doi: 10.1097/LGT.0000000000000525

Texts

General

Cibas, E.S. & Ducatman, B.S. (2021). Cytology: Diagnostic Principles and Clinical Correlates (5^th ed.). Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders.
Mody, D.R., et al. (2022). Diagnostic Pathology: Cytopathology (3^rd ed.). Elsevier.

Diagnostic Cytopathology

DeMay, R.M. (2012). The Art and Science of Cytopathology (2^nd ed.). Chicago: ASCP Press.
DeMay, R.M. (2016). The Book of Cells: A Breviary of Cytopathology. Chicago: ASCP Press.
*Field, A.S. & Zarka, M.A. (2017). Practical Cytopathology: A Diagnostic Approach to Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy (1^st ed.). Elsevier, Inc. *This reference is more appropriate for the specialist (SCT) level.
Nayar, R. & Wilbur, D. (Eds.). (2015). The Bethesda System for Reporting Cervical Cytology: Definitions, Criteria, and Explanatory Notes (3^rd ed.). New York: Springer Verlag.
Ali, S.Z. & VanderLaan, P.A. (Eds.). (2023). The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology: Definitions, Criteria and Explanatory Notes (3^rd ed.). Switzerland: Springer.
Wojcik, E.M., Kurtycz, D.F.I., & Rosenthal, D.L. (Eds.). (2022). The Paris System for Reporting Urinary Cytology (2^nd ed.). Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.

Cytopathology Preparation

DeMay, R.M. (2012). The Art and Science of Cytopathology: Volume 3 (2^nd ed.). Chicago: ASCP Press.
Gill, Gary. (2013). Cytopreparation: Principles & Practice. New York, NY: Springer Publications.
Mody, D.R., et al. (2022). Diagnostic Pathology: Cytopathology (3^rd ed.). Elsevier.
Shidham, V.B. (Ed.). (2021). CellBlockistry 101: The Textbook of Cell-blocking Science. CytoJournal CMAS.

Laboratory Management

Cibas, E.S. & Ducatman, B.S. (2021). Cytology: Diagnostic Principles and Clinical Correlates (5^th ed.). Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders.
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Title 42.493. Public Health—Laboratory Requirements. Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Publishing Office.
*Garcia, L.S., et al. (Eds.). (2024). Clinical Laboratory Management (3^rd ed.). Washington D.C.: ASM Press. *This reference is more appropriate for the specialist (SCT) level.
*Zhai, Q. & Siegal, G.P. (2017). Quality Management in Anatomic Pathology. College of American Pathologists. *This reference is more appropriate for the specialist (SCT) level.

Molecular Testing and Applications

Buckingham, L. (2019). Molecular Diagnostics: Fundamentals, Methods, & Clinical Applications (3^rd ed.). Philadelphia: F. A. Davis Company.
Roy-Chowdhuri, S. et al. (Eds.). (2019). Molecular Diagnostics in Cytopathology: A Practical Handbook for the Practicing Cytopathologist (1^st ed.). Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Study Guides

Holladay, E.B. (2025). Cytopathology Review Guide (5^th ed.). Chicago: ASCP Press.

Online

These online resources are more appropriate for the Specialist (SCT) level

Reviewed June 2025

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Cytologist - CT(ASCP) and CT(ASCPi)

Specialist in Cytology - SCT(ASCP) and SCT(ASCPi)