The Pap test, also called a Pap smear, checks for changes in the cells of your cervix. The cervix is the lower part of the uterus (womb) that opens into the vagina (birth canal). The Pap test can tell if you have an infection, abnormal (unhealthy) cervical cells,...
The Pap smear is widely considered the #1 cancer-screening tool ever invented. George Nicholas Papanicolaou, MD, PhD, began the research that would lead to the eponymous test at Cornell University Medical School in New York City in 1920, focusing on normal changes in cells shed from the cervix...
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