Menopause marks the end of a woman’s childbearing years, but it doesn’t mark the end of the need for a particular screening ...

1 However, I must draw your attention to an inaccuracy. In the first paragraph, "A woman visits her gynecologist for her annual Pap smear. The doctor takes a cervical swab." However, a swab is used to ...

A Pap smear is a procedure that screens ... This allows the doctor to clearly look at your cervix and collect cervical cell samples with a small brush. The test takes no more than five minutes ...

Using a small brush or spatula ... helping to detect cervical cancer and other issues early. By scheduling a Pap smear every ...

Hence the importance of a screening test.” Dr Sujit Ash answered, “Pap smear test is done for cervical cancer screening. Unfortunately, there are not many symptoms for cervical cancer ...

An abnormal Pap smear result indicates some cervical cells appear irregular. But, that doesn't always mean cells are cancerous. Every year around three million people receive abnormal Pap results ...

Its part of a wider campaign in seven languages targeting women at risk of cervical cancer, with the message that regular pap-smear tests save lives.Jitarth Jai Bharadwaj talks to Ms Shivani Goyal ...

Occasionally, the public has been alarmed by media reports of cases of cervical cancer preceded by normal Pap smears (The Wall Street Journal. November 2, 1987:1). To savvy clinicians, this should ...

A heart-to-heart with a doctor, who explained the condition to her and treatment options, along with the support of a friend she now calls an angel, led to her becoming one of the few cervical cancer ...