PURPOSE The present study was carried out to measure knowledge level and behavior of family health personnel (FHP) in Izmir on early diagnosis of breast and cervical cancers. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study population of this cross-sectional study was not selected. A questionnaire was applied to all FHP to measure knowledge level and behavior about cancer. The participation rate was 88%. Brea...

A polymerase chain reaction (PCR) protocol for detecting IS6110 repetitive insertion sequence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) was tested on archival Papanicolaou (Pap)-stained fine needle aspirated (FNA) smears from 24 patients with cervical tuberculous lymphadenopathy and 30 negative controls. The protocol involved protease digestion or phenolchloroform extraction, and simple or nested PCR...

OBJECTIVE To detect the most prevalent human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes in cervical smear samples of asymptomatic Peruvian women by analyzing the correlation between Papanicolaou (PAP)-stained cervical tests and PCR-sequencing. METHODS A total of 254 women attending routine gynecological examinations were included in this study. The samples were analyzed by PAP technique and examined unde...

INTRODUCTION Because cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality in Honduras, this study assessed knowledge, attitudes and barriers to cervical cancer screening services by Papanicolaou smear (pap smear) for women in rural, remote Honduras served by Virginia Commonwealth University's Global Health and Health Disparities Program (GH2DP). METHODS Two interviewers administered an in...

Introduction: Cervical cancer, the leading malignancy among Indian women is preventable and curable if detected at an early stage using proper screening tools. We conducted a study to assess the role of visual inspection with acetic acid as an alternative to pap smear and in screening program for cervical cancer in low resource settings. Methods: Two hundred and twenty five women in reproductiv...

Abstract Modeling qualitative variables and their interactions often require multidimensional analysis through Log-linear models. Furthermore, these models are useful as alternatives in fields where probabilistic classification is required, such speech recognition or pattern classification. This work uses log-linear modeling a methodological approach to the of 1114 valid cases women participati...

OBJECTIVE Munich Nomenclature III for cervical smear evaluation also known as Papanicolaou (Pap) smear was launched in Germany in July 2014, and it is the only used system in Germany. The study aims at a method comparison between the previously used nomenclature Munich II and the currently used Munich III. MATERIAL AND METHODS A method comparison was performed by analyzing 117 Pap smear sampl...

Aim: To evaluate the outcome of a cervical cancer screening program in a population of elderly women (age ≥65 years) in Hong Kong. Methods: A retrospective audit was undertaken on the results of the cervical smear examinations performed on 9950 clients attending the Elderly Health Centers. A wooden Ayre’s spatula was used to perform the Papanicolaou (Pap) smear in all the subjects. In patients ...

Census data show that the U.S. Vietnamese population now exceeds 1,250,000. Cervical cancer among Vietnamese American women has been identified as an important health disparity. Available data indicate the cervical cancer disparity may be due to low Papanicolaou (Pap) testing rates rather than variations in human papillomavirus infection rates and/or types. The cervical cancer incidence rates a...

Early diagnosis of carcinoma of the cervix by cervical smear has been the subject of many papers since the method was first described by Papanicolaou and Traut (1941); and this procedure may lead to the early recognition of the condition of Stage 0 carcinoma, or carcinoma in situ. At this stage, carcinomatous cells are confined to the cervical epithelium, and the only argument has been whether ...