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To: Joe Hoek who wrote (37313)	4/29/1999 6:12:00 PM
From: Jenna	Respond to of 120523

CYTYC CORP CYTC expected negative $-0.11 actual positive $0.04 101% gain in revenue. Cytyc Corporation Announces Second Consecutive Profitable Quarter BOXBOROUGH, Mass., April 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Cytyc Corporation (Nasdaq: CYTC - news) today reported its second consecutive profitable quarter as it announced operating and financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 1999. Cytyc reported net income of $657,000, or $0.04 per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $(6.5 million), or $(0.37) per diluted share for the first quarter of 1998. Revenues for the first quarter doubled to $16.2 million, a 100 percent increase over the $8.1 million reported in the same quarter of 1998 and an 11 percent increase over the $14.6 million reported in the last quarter of 1998. ''We are very pleased with our progress for the first quarter,'' said Patrick J. Sullivan, Cytyc's president and chief executive officer. ''We increased our domestic market share, managed our costs, and successfully made the transition to our own direct-to-physician sales force. In addition, the Company's financial condition remains strong with over $70 million in cash and investments.''