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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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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...
متن کامل'Pap smear' for screening of precancerous conditions of cervix.
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 and Chlamydia.
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 ...
متن کاملWhatever happened to the annual pap smear?
The reading programs at Rhode Island College, Providence College and Roger Williams University selected the book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot, as required summer reading for incoming freshman last year. This book is a nonfiction biography of a poor, black, working mother of five children who died of cervical cancer at the age of 31. The work is a masterpiece of invest...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health
سال: 1989
ISSN: 0090-0036,1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.79.11.1570-b