OBJECTIVE To determine the factors that increase the chances of a woman in Accra having a Pap smear and whether women who have recently visited clinics have higher chances of having had Pap smears. DESIGN A cross-sectional study METHODS A representative sample of women in Accra, Ghana was interviewed and the clinical and demographic factors influencing cervical cancer screening was assessed...

BACKGROUND Preterm delivery is the most common cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality in the United States. There is evidence that cervicovaginal infection could predispose to preterm labor. This study explored a possible association of evidence of inflammation on an otherwise normal Papanicolaou smear obtained during pregnancy with subsequent preterm labor and preterm delivery. METHODS Us...

Cervical cancer is the second leading cancer among Thai women, the incidence rate was 16.7/100,00 (Khuhaprema, 2013). Cervical cancer screening based on the Papanicolaou (Pap) smear test has been credited with a significant reduction in the incidence of this disease. For a several decades, most of hospitals in Thailand using this method for cervical cancer screening. Today, certain types of hum...

BACKGROUND A cytologic reading of a Papanicolaou (pap) smear followed, if the result is positive, by a colposcopic search for abnormal cells is the most common screening method for cervical cancer used worldwide. We aimed to present the correlation of smear and colposcopic findings with 6- to 12-month follow-up results and related factors in women who underwent colposcopy in Turkey. MATERIALS...

PURPOSE Our purpose was to conduct a double-blinded randomized trial of difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) at 0.125, 0.5 gm/m2, versus placebo in the treatment of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) grades 2 to 3. A promising phase I study has shown histopathologic responses at these dose levels. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Patients with histopathologically confirmed CIN 2-3 lesions were recruited f...

Background: Cervical cancer is the second common among women worldwide. It a preventable cancer, and early detection of precancerous conditions through Papanicolaou cytology screening (Pap smear) key aspect prevention; it accepted worldwide as an efficient tool for secondary prevention. While PS test simple, inexpensive, relatively reliable method diagnosing cervical most do not take test. Ther...