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The Importance of Pap Smears
A Pap smear, or pap test, is a medical procedure that tests for pre-malignant or malignant cells on a women's cervix. Regular pap smears are able to detect abnormalities in the cervix and although they may not have a 100 percent accuracy rate, they are an important part of a women's preventive health care.
Cervical cancer is diagnosed about 10,000 times each year and approximately 3,700 women die each year from this disease. Pap smears can help detect cervical cancer and alert women early,...
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Expert & Community Posts
HPV and Abnormal Pap Smears
By Charlotte Grayson, M.D. , Health ExpertHPV and the Abnormal Pap Abnormal Pap smears always make women anxious and make us wonder if we... Read more »
5 Strategies to Help You Sail Through Your Pap Smear
By Jennifer L. Fee, PsyD, Psychologist , Health Expert...my concerns for a client who refused to go get a pap smear. "I've never gotten one either," my... Read more »
HPV Test Better Than Pap Test?
By Charlotte Grayson, M.D. , Health Expert...papilloma virus) may do a better job than the traditional Pap smear in detecting early... Read more »
News Roundup - IBD & Pap Smears, Mesalamine & Colon Cancer
By Elizabeth Roberts , Health Expert...body feels. Onto other topics... IBD and Pap Smears I read an interesting report about... Read more »
The Minefield of Coding System Traps
By Nancy Muller , Health Expert...preventive care, including such procedures as an annual PAP smear and exam for cervical cancer... Read more »
Health Guide
Cervical Cancer Symptoms
...of cancer in women worldwide, but is less widespread in the United States due to the use of routine Pap smears. According to the website, SymptomsofCervicalCancer.com, 10,000 women were diagnosed... Read more »Pap smear
A Pap smear is a microscopic examination of cells scraped from the cervix. Alternative Names Papanicolaou test How the test is performed The... Read more »Pap smear and treatment
... Treatment - abnormal Pap smear Read more »Cervical Cancer: Diagnosis
...slowly. Screening tests performed during regular gynecologic examinations can detect early changes.Pap SmearEvery year in the U.S. about 50 million women have a Papanicolaou test (the Pap smear).... Read more »HPV
...that makes warts appear white. Females will need to have a complete pelvic examination, including a Pap smear. Unlike common warts, which can be treated with over-the-counter antiwart solutions,... Read more »
Medications
...exam, pelvic exam, and screening for cervical cancer (pap smear). Follow your doctor's... Read more »
...exam, pelvic exam, and screening for cervical cancer (pap smear). Follow your doctor's... Read more »
...exam, pelvic exam, and screening for cervical cancer (pap smear). Follow your doctor's... Read more »
Related News
Cervical Cancer Screening Needed in Developing World
July 02, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) Few women in the developing world are getting the cervical cancer screenings they need. A new study from the University of... Read summary »
Vaccine Protects Against Cervical Cancer
May 05, 2008PORTLAND (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Cervical cancer kills about 200,000 women each year worldwide. High-risk infections cause it to develop --... Read summary »
New Ovarian Cancer Screening
May 05, 2008REDINGTON BEACH, Fla. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- A mammogram detects breast cancer. A Pap test detects cervical cancer. But there's not a test to... Read summary »
Irregular Pap test linked to higher cervical cancer risk
October 03, 2008Swedish researchers say that not having a Pap smear taken regularly is the single greatest risk factor for cervical cancer. Scientists studied 1,230... Read summary »
Doctors Recommend HPV Test
October 24, 2007By Lindsay Braun, Ivanhoe Health Correspondent ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- When it comes to detecting cervical cancer, human... Read summary »
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