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 ...
We concluded that the Pap smear, examination of key screening for cervical cancer, is a screening test without diagnostic value and more specifically any inflammatory Pap smear should be considered a positive test and led to further investigations. Moreover, colposcopy is an exam that is performed...
Cervical cancer is a slowly progressive cancer of the cervix, usually caused by human papillomavirus (HPV). Reviewed by a board-certified oncologist.
When cervical cancer metastasizes (spreads tootherregions of the body), other symptoms may develop. For example, bone and back pain may occur when cervical cancer spreads to bones, and coughing may occur if it spreads to the lungs. When to See a Healthcare Provider Make an appointment to s...
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 ...
Cervical cancer is preventable if effective screening measures are in place. Pap-smear is the commonest technique used for early screening and diagnosis of cervical cancer. However, the manual analysis of the pap-smears is error prone due to human mistake, moreover, the process is tedious and ...
Conclusion: Few (3%) of the routine follow-up Pap smears after CC patients receiving curative RT were HSIL/carcinoma, but most (4/6) of these patients turned out to be ICR. 展开 关键词: cervical cancer radiotherapy Pap smear utilization ...
Pap Smear vs. HPV Screening Tests for Cervical Cancer DNA testing for high-risk strains of human papillomavirus (HPV) is used in patients who have Pap smear results showing atypical squamous cells of undetermi... C Kripke - 《American Family Physician》 被引量: 0发表: 2008年 加载更多来源...
A Pap smear was used for all the women to screen for cervical cancer. The smear was obtained using an Ayre spatula and spread over a marked glass slide, which was placed in 95% ethyl alcohol and sent to the Department of Pathology for cytopathological examination. Women who had visible ...
Cervical cancer is the most second common cancer among Iranian women. This study was carried out to compare the results of Pap smear method and Direct Visual Inspection (DVI) with 5% acetic acid in cervical cancer screening in Tabriz, Iran. This cross-sectional study was carried out in Alzahra...