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.

but can be found with regular pap smear tests (a procedure in which cells are scraped from the cervix and looked at under a microscope). The test looks for cell changes (pre-cancers) in the cervix ...

Each year, about 14,000 new cases of cervical cancer are diagnosed in the U.S., but thanks to Pap smears, deaths from the disease have dropped significantly over the past few decades. The test, which ...

The Gallatin City-County Health Department (GCCHD) offers free pap smears, HPV tests and mammograms to individuals in Gallatin County. This program has been available for over 20 years, but Alyson ...

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 ...

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