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Reasons For Abnormal Pap Smear

Health Encyclopedia: Cervical Cancer Diagnosis

Diagnosis

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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Expert & Community Posts

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 »

HPV and Abnormal Pap Smears

By Charlotte Grayson, M.D. , Health Expert

HPV 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 »

What is a Colposcopy and When Do You Need One?

By Eileen Bailey , Health Expert

A colposcopy is done after an abnormal pap smear to help determine if there are an early signs of... 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 »

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Health Guide

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 »

Cervical Cancer: Treatment for CIN and Carcinoma in Situ

for CIN and Carcinoma in SituTreatment of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN), including carcinoma in situ, depends on the type and extent of abnormal changes. Some of the treatments... Read more »

Ovarian Cancer: Diagnosis

Up to 95% of women diagnosed with ovarian cancer will survive longer than 5 years if their cancers are treated before they have spread beyond the ovaries. Unfortunately, there are no... Read more »

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