Background: Cervical cancer is the fourth leading cause of death in females worldwide. In India cervical morbidity and mortality. Cancer cervix preventable, can be diagnosed at pre-malignant stage with adequate repetitive cytological screening by Papanicolaou (Pap) smears. Aim this study was to role Pap smear detecting premalignant malignant lesions as well non-neoplastic cervix. Methods: It a ...

Background: Carcinoma of the uterine cervix is a deadly disease, but it is preventable. Cervical cytology especially at postnatal visit can lead to its early detection and prompt treatment. Methods: This was a prospective cross sectional study of postnatal women to determine the prevalence of abnormal cervical cytology and their socio-demographic characteristics. Patients were recruited from th...

Cancer of cervix is the third most common cancer and the fourth leading cause of cancer death of women worldwide. It is estimated that cervical cancer contributes to approximately 9% of the total new cancer cases and 8% of the total cancer deaths among women in 2008. However, over 85% of the world’s cervical cancer burden is in developing countries where screening programs are not well establis...

This integrative review aimed to evidence in the literature health surveillance activities that contribute to the increased coverage of the cervical Pap smear. The search was undertaken between April and May 2014 in the databases LILACS, CINAHL, MEDLINE and Scopus, using the keywords health surveillance, cervix neoplasm prevention, and Papanicolaou test, in Portuguese, English and Spanish. We s...

Background and objectives: Cervical cancer (CC) is the fourth commonest among women in world. Screening using a Papanicolaou (Pap) smear can detect early cervical changes allows treatment with high rate of success. Awareness importance screening significant factor encouraging to have Pap testing. This study aimed investigate perceptions, knowledge, sources information regarding CC utilization s...

BACKGROUND Cervical cancer is one of the ten most frequent cancers in Turkey. We here examined knowledge about cervical cancer in relation to Papanicolaou (Pap) testing among female primary health care workers in Hatay, a city is located in the south of Turkey. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study was completed on 261 women healthcare workers who were or had been sexually active and who accepted t...

PURPOSE To evaluate the association of intimate partner violence (IPV) with breast and cervical cancer screening rates. METHODS We conducted retrospective chart audits of 382 adult women at 4 urban family medicine practices. Inclusion criteria were not being pregnant, no cancer history, and having a partner. Victims were defined as those who screened positive on at least one of 2 brief IPV sc...

BACKGROUND Cancer of the cervix is preventable. According to the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program, invasive cervical cancer incidence is 9.0 and cancer mortality rate is 2.8 per 100,000 persons. Effective prevention includes appropriate use of Papanicolaou smears and adherence to a care plan by the patient. This review will examine the extent of nonadherence, negative ...

BACKGROUND Cancer of the uterine cervix is one of the most common cancers among women worldwide. Industrialized countries have dramatically reduced the incidence of mortality from cervical carcinoma in the last 50 years through aggressive screening programs utilizing pelvic examinations and Papanicolaou (Pap) smears but it still remains a major problem in the developing world. OBJECTIVES This...