Knowledge of cervical cancer and the Pap smear test was inadequate among women with low incomes. Pap smear utilization was also limited among low-income women. Of the 18 women who had at least one Pap smear test in their lifetime, eight (44%) had opportunistic testing as a result of ...
In previous studies, a questionnaire was used to survey Xinjiang Uyghur women with cervical cancer, and these studies showed that these women have poor knowledge of cervical cancer and the Pap smear test; many of the surveyed women had never undergone a gynecological examination, and HPV was ...
The Pap smear is a good tool for initial screening of cervical cancer, but there is the possibility of error due to human mistake. Moreover, the process is tedious and time-consuming. The objective of this study was to mitigate the risk of mistake by automating the process of cervical ...
About 44 (41.5%) knew of cervical cancer screening by Pap smear, out of which only 20.5% had done a pap smear. The most common reasons given for not doing the test were; not deeming the test necessary, not knowing where the test could be done and feeling of not being at risk of ...
Cervical Pap smear study and its utility in cancer screening to specify the strategy for cervical cancer control. National Journal of Community Medicine 2011;2(1):1:49-51.Patel MM,Pandya AN, Modi J. Cervical Pap smear study and its utility in cancer screening to specify the stratergy for ...
Specific knowledge of cervical cancer, its risk factors and cervical Pap smear is generally poor among Omani women. This lack of knowledge may be one of the contributing factors for the high incidence of cervical cancer in Oman relative to that in developed countries. 展开 关键词: Cervical ...
The mainstay of cervical cancer screening for the last 60+ years has been the Papanicolaou test. The Papanicolaou test, also known as the Pap test or the Pap smear, was developed in the 1940s by Georgios Papanikolaou. It involves exfoliating cells from the transformation zone of the cervix ...
Emerging technologies can screen for cervical cancer better than Pap smears and, if widely used, could save lives both in developing nations and parts of countries, like the United States, where access to health care may be limited.
Although the Pap smear is known as one of the effective methods to detect the cervical cancer, a large group of women are reluctant to do the test because of various reasons. Therefore, we carried out this study to determine the level of knowledge about cervical cancer and Pap smear and th...
Only 8 % of the respondents had heard of HPV or knew about its association with cervical cancer. Twenty-seven patients asserted that they had knowledge of the Pap smear test. Conclusion: By improving their knowledge and awareness regarding cervical cancer, we are able to reduce the incidence. ...