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2. The #1 Sign of Cervical Cancer Most People Miss - AOL

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   Early detection can be life-saving.

3. Pap test - Wikipedia

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   The Papanicolaou test (abbreviated as Pap test, also known as Pap smear (AE), [1] cervical smear (BE), cervical screening (BE), [2] or smear test (BE)) is a method of cervical screening used to detect potentially precancerous and cancerous processes in the cervix (opening of the uterus or womb) or, more rarely, anus (in both men and women). [3]

4. Cervical cancer - Wikipedia

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   Cervical cancer is the 12th-most common cancer in women in the UK (around 3,100 women were diagnosed with the disease in 2011) and accounts for 1% of cancer deaths (around 920 died in 2012). [152] With a 42% reduction from 1988 to 1997, the NHS-implemented screening programme has been highly successful, screening the highest-risk age group (25 ...

5. Squamous intraepithelial lesion - Wikipedia

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   LEEP cone biopsy displaying normal cervical epithelium (far left) progressing to borderline koilocytosis, to LSIL, and to HSIL (far right). A squamous intraepithelial lesion (SIL) is an abnormal growth of epithelial cells on the surface of the cervix, commonly called squamous cells.

6. Pap Smears May No Longer Be Part of Your Gyno Visit

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   The task force has introduced a recommendation that women over the age of 30 test for high-risk human papilloma viruses (HPV) every five years rather than relying on pap smears to detect cervical ...

7. Cervical screening - Wikipedia

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   Cervical cancer screening is a medical screening test designed to identify risk of cervical cancer. Cervical screening may involve looking for viral DNA, and/or to identify abnormal, potentially precancerous cells within the cervix as well as cells that have progressed to early stages of cervical cancer. [1] [2] One goal of cervical screening ...

8. Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia - Wikipedia

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   Pap smear results may be reported using the Bethesda system (see above). The sensitivity and specificity of this test were variable in a systematic review looking at accuracy of the test. An abnormal Pap smear result may lead to a recommendation for colposcopy of the cervix, an in office procedure during which the cervix is examined under ...

9. How Often Should You Get a Pap Smear? We Asked an OBGYN - AOL

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   This one is pretty straightforward: A pap smear is a screen used by doctors to find changes in the cells of the cervix that could lead to cancer. Regular pap testing is recommended because it ...