Background: Bleeding during or immediately after the intercourse can be seen in women with benign cervical changes such as polyps, ectropion or infection of the cervix. But, sometimes, important diseases such as cancer of the cervix can be associated with post coital bleeding (PCB). The aim of this study was to find the prevalence of microscopic pre-cancerous lesions of the cer...

OBJECTIVES To assess visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) as a screening tool for use in a well-equipped health center in Peru, to evaluate VIA as an alternative or adjunct to the Papanicolaou (Pap) smear, and to determine if VIA can play a role in settings other than low-resource ones. METHODS This was a prospective study of 1 921 asymptomatic women living in Lima, Peru, carried out in 1...

The Papanicolou screen (“Pap smear”) was developed in 1928 by Dr. George Papanicolaou for the identification of cervical cancers. It became widely known after his publication in 1941 and widely used in clinical practice in the 1950s; it is now the most commonly performed cancer screening test world-wide (1). This has been one of the most successful cancer screening techniques in modern medicine...

OBJECTIVES This study examined changes in knowledge and behavior after a community-based cervical cancer education program in Honduras. METHODS The program consisted of radio broadcasts targeting rural women and presentations to community nurses. The effectiveness of the radio broadcasts was assessed using a cross-sectional design (control groups n = 124, n = 243; intervention group n = 233)....

Deaths from uterine cervical cancer have been dramatically reduced since the development in the 1940s of the Papanicolaou smear (also called the Pap smear or test) for detection of precursor lesions. Along with the vaccines for smallpox, polio, and other viruses, this screening test has been hailed as one of the most successful public health measures and is the only cancer screening test proved...

BACKGROUND Cervical cancer prevention is performed by taking Pap smears. The correct execution of the smear is crucial as an inadequate smear might result in underdiagnosis. The second means of cervical cancer prevention is visual inspection of the cervix uteri with acetic acid, while often both methods are combined. We investigated whether the application of acetic acid compromises the Pap sme...

background and objective: microscopic evaluation of cervicovaginal smears (pap smear) plays an essential role in detection of preneoplastic and neoplastic lesions of uterine cervix. a wide spectrum of changes is seen in pap smears. interpretation of intermediate changes which resulting in observation of so- called ascus is difficult. ascus is defined as a cellular change that is more marked tha...

PURPOSE To obtain reliable estimates of the sensitivity and specificity of the cervical Papanicolaou (Pap) smear and wet mount to diagnose vaginal trichomoniasis. METHODS Articles indexed in MEDLINE (1976-1998) about diagnostic tests for trichomoniasis and their listed references were retrieved. Thirty studies (9,501 patients) that used trichomonas culture as a gold standard were selected. St...