“It's called a Pap smear, because you would literally take your spatula, scrape it across the cervix, and then smear that ...

"I am not convinced that the lab I use will give me that much better interpretations of slides." Anita Lasala, a Manhattan-based ob-gyn agrees that conventional Pap smears have been satisfactory ...

Alternatives to the often dreaded pap smear may be on the horizon for cervical cancer screenings. Typically, the procedure involves inserting a device called a speculum, which helps open the ...

A Pap smear is a procedure that screens for cervical cancer by testing cells for any abnormalities. If your Pap results are abnormal that does not mean you have cancer, and more likely indicates HPV.