Over the past 50 years, the incidence and mortality of cervical cancer has decreased by 75 percent in developed countries because of the availability of screening program for cervical precancer and human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination. In developing countries, however, cervical cancer remains the second most common type of cancer and cause of cancer death in women. This is most likely due to...

This study was performed to evaluate the importance of obtaining postpartum Papanicolaou (Pap) smears routinely. Four hundred eighty-nine patients receiving pregnancy care had a normal prenatal Pap smear and a repeat Pap smear at their postpartum visit. Twenty-four (4.9 percent) had an abnormal postpartum Pap smear (95 percent confidence interval: 3.1-6.9 percent). Twenty-one (87.5 percent) of ...

OBJECTIVE To learn more about young women's understanding of the term Pap smear. DESIGN Self-administered survey. SETTING UMass Memorial Adolescent Clinic. PARTICIPANTS Female patients 14 years or older (and their mothers when available) who visited the clinic between June 10 and August 9, 2002. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Accuracy of participants' written definition for the term Pap smear an...

background & aim: pap smear is a screening procedure for cervical cancer. the incidence and mortality rate of cervical cancer has decreased up to 90% in the regular screening in women aged 20-65 years. this study aimed to investigate the pap smear reports of pathology laboratories in ahvaz, iran. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 1,006 pap smear reports were collected from pathology labor...

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...

BACKGROUND Despite the significant burden of cervical cancer, Malaysia like many middle-income countries relies on opportunistic cervical screening as opposed to a more organized population-based program. The aim of this study was to ascertain the effectiveness of a worksite screening initiative upon Papanicolaou smear test (Pap test) uptake among educated working women in Malaysia. METHODS 4...

Papanicolaou test or better known as Pap test is the most popular and effective screening test for cervical cancer. At time, however, the detection of abnormal or cancerous cervical cells can be missed due to technical and human errors. In certain cases, the Pap smear images are blurred and highly affected by unwanted noises. These factors can hide and obscure the important cervical cells morph...

INTRODUCTION The Pap smear test has been regarded as a promising cervical screening tool since 1940s. Yet its importance has been overlooked by beneficiaries in Malaysia. This underlines the need to identify the prevalence of Pap smear practice and influencing factors towards the practice among educated working women. METHODS A survey was conducted with 403 female teachers from 40 public seco...

Background: Cervical cancer caused by infection with a sexually transmitted agent human papillomavirus (HPV), can be readily prevented by identifying and treating women with HPVinduced precancerous lesions of the cervix. Objective: To study the profile of cervical smear cytology in rural women in western Maharashtra. Methods: The study was designed to look at the previous reports of the Pap sme...