نتایج جستجو برای: papanicolaou test
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BACKGROUND The appropriate approach to women with mild dyskaryotic changes on Papanicolaou smear is subject to controversy. Our aim was to assess the usefulness of cervicography as a diagnostic test in detecting cervical cancer or its precursors. METHODS We undertook an extensive literature search looking for pertinent studies of cervicography published between 1966 and 1996. Eligible studies...
Introduction: A decrease in cell size and an increase in nuclear dimension due to changes in the amount of DNA could be an indicator of early detection of malignant changes. This study aimed to compare the nuclear and cytoplasmic diameters of buccal mucosa cells in cigarette smokers and nonsmokers in a cytomorphometric study using Feulgen and Papanicolaou stains. Material & Methods: In this cas...
PURPOSE This study aimed to explore the factors associated with the intention to receive a Pap test among married immigrant women of Vietnamese origin living in Taiwan. METHODS This was a cross-sectional community-based study. We enrolled 281 women aged 30 years and over in the study, from July 2013 to January 2014. The participants' characteristics, cervical cancer knowledge, Pap test knowle...
BACKGROUND Almost one-third of Norwegian women aged 25-69 years invited to have a Pap smear do not attend during the recommended period, and thus constitute a population with high-risk of cervical cancer (CC). Since the incidence of precancerous lesions of the cervix peak with occurrence of pregnancies within the same decade in women aged 25 to 35 years of age, antepartum care presents an oppor...
The Vietnamese are a quickly growing, important part of the Texas population. Breast cancer is known to have different biologic characteristics in Vietnamese women. In order to develop appropriate intervention and screening strategies, we conducted a study of barriers to cervical and breast screening in Vietnamese women in Harris County, Tex. Our objective was to characterize the demographic fa...
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends cervical cancer screening begin with the onset of sexual activity and be repeated at least every 3 years until age 65. Previous studies examining the annual utilization and frequency of Pap screening have relied on patient self-report, found to be less reliable than medical records and administrative data. We estimate the age-specific rate and ...
Cervical cancer is an important woman's health problems worldwide, especially in low socio-economic countries. The aim of this study was to compare the Pap smear screening results between Akha hill tribe and urban women who live in Chiang Rai province, Thailand. Screening was conducted for 1,100 Akha women and 1,100 urban women who came to have the Pap smear at Chiangrai Prachanukroh Hospital a...
BACKGROUND The health challenges of Micronesians are generally well known. However most of the health-related data collection occurs in the population centers and relatively little is known about the health of the residents of Micronesia's rural outer islands. This is of particular concern in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) where a large portion of the population lives on the outer isl...
To assess the Papanicolaou smear as a screening test for asymptomatic gonorrhoea 311 women who had had simultaneous Papanicolaou smears and cervical cultures performed were studied. Of the 151 women who were culture-positive only 27 (18%) had a positive result by Papanicolaou smear. The presence of either endocervical or metaplastic cells did not increase the frequency with which gonococci were...
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