Alternatives to the often dreaded pap smear may be on the way for cervical cancer screenings. Here's what to know.

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.

A pap smear (or pap test) is a screening for cervical cancer. It involves taking cells from the cervix and vagina and examining them under a microscope. The test is looking for cervical ...

Instead of smudging a slide with cells scraped from a woman's cervix ... we could not continue to accept conventional pap smears," Galup says. That decision caused problems for the lab, because ...

SORSOGON CITY, Sorsogon (PIA) — The provincial government of Sorsogon conducted free pap smear examinations from March 10 to 14 to promote early cancer detection, according to a local official.

As defined by Mayo Clinic, a pap smear is a procedure that involves “collecting cells from the cervix for testing, often used to look for cervical cancer.” In her caption, Umali stressed the ...