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Screening for cervical cancer by Pap smear.
Between November 1986 and February 1988, 2806 cervical smears were taken from every patient attending the Obstetrics and Gynaecology consulting clinics at The Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) Karachi. Of 2806 smears 2774 (98.9%) were adequate, cytology was positive in 35, a prevalence rate of 12.6 per 1000. The highest incidence was in the age group of 2544 years. Eighty percent patients wit...
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BACKGROUND Cervical intra-epithelial neoplasia (CIN) and cervical cancer remain important health problems for women worldwide. It is largely a preventable disease that is characterised by a long lead time. The objective of this study was to determine the frequency of precancerous conditions of cervix (CIN I-III) in women with chronic vaginal discharge by Pap smear screening. METHODS The study...
متن کاملPap smear.
A Pap smear, also known as Papanicoloau smear, is a microscopic examination of cells scraped from the cervix and is used to detect cancerous or pre-cancerous conditions of the cervix or other medical conditions. It was named after Dr. George N. Papanicoloau, who first described it in 1928 and since its introduction, the Pap smear has helped reduce cervical cancer incidence and mortality rates b...
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I have read the recent publication by Ujević et al. with great interest (1). The authors concluded that “Pap smear was not specifi c enough to demonstrate chlamydial infection (1)”. Indeed, the high prevalence of chlamydial infection among working women has been confi rmed in several settings around the world. Pap smear is a recommended routine test for these working women. However, there have ...
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OBJECTIVE To examine the cost effectiveness of Papanicolaou screening for cancer after total hysterectomy for benign disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS Decision analysis including Markov modeling applied to women aged 40 or older with a history of total hysterectomy for benign disease. We derived expected discounted costs and life expectancy. RESULTS Maximum gain in life expectancy between no s...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2278-4748,2278-4802
DOI: 10.14260/jemds/134