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Health Encyclopedia: Cervical Cancer Diagnosis
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The changes that lead to cervical cancer develop slowly. Screening tests performed during regular gynecologic examinations can detect early changes.
Pap Smear
Every year in the U.S. about 50 million women have a Papanicolaou test (the Pap smear). Use of the Pap smear has reduced the annual death rate from cervical cancer from 26,000 in 1941 to 3,700 in 2005.
Forty percent of women who have a Pap smear fail to follow-up for retesting and treatment. Most cases of cervical cancer occur in wom...
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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 »
News Roundup - IBD & Pap Smears, Mesalamine & Colon Cancer
By Elizabeth Roberts , Health Expert...interesting report about the increased incidence of abnormal pap smears in women who have IBD. A... Read more »
NuvaRing and Norplant – Alternative Hormone Birth Control Options
By Amy Hendel , Health Expert...inflammatory disease), have compromised immune response, an abnormal pap smear, heart disease,... Read more »
What is a Colposcopy and When Do You Need One?
By Eileen Bailey , Health ExpertA colposcopy is done after an abnormal pap smear to help determine if there are an early signs of... Read more »
The Importance of Pap Smears
By Eileen Bailey , Health Expert...when a woman reaches age 70, if they have had no abnormal pap smears for 10 years. What... Read more »
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Pap smear and treatment
... Treatment - abnormal Pap smear Read more »Cervical Cancer: Treatment for CIN and Carcinoma in Situ
...as a treatment for CIN. However, women of child-bearing age should be aware that it may later cause pregnancy- and birth-related problems, such as preterm delivery and low birth weight. Women who... Read more »Cervical Cancer: Risk Factors
...services. Researchers are investigating programs that provide screening and treatment for women with abnormal Pap smears in a single visit. A 2001 study of women in the military found no... Read more »Cervical Cancer: Treatment for Cervical Cancer
...surrounding tissue. Cervical cancer may be detected in a biopsy performed during colposcopy for an abnormal Pap smear, or it may be visible to the naked eye when the doctor performs a speculum... Read more »Endometriosis: Hysterectomy
...cervix. However, she still should get regular pelvic and breastexams.Also, women with a history of abnormal Pap smears usually require annual screening. Read more »
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