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Screening for cervical cancer by Pap smear.
Between November 1986 and February 1988, 2806 cervical smears were taken from every patient attending the Obstetrics and Gynaecology consulting clinics at The Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) Karachi. Of 2806 smears 2774 (98.9%) were adequate, cytology was positive in 35, a prevalence rate of 12.6 per 1000. The highest incidence was in the age group of 2544 years. Eighty percent patients wit...
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BACKGROUND Cervical Papanicolaou (Pap) smear screening is an effective method of detecting cytological changes in the cervix before they lead to cervical cancer. However, the quality of a Pap smear can be compromised by inflammatory exudate, inadequate cellularity or failure to sample the transformation zone. We evaluated the effect of routine cervical cleaning on Pap smear quality. METHODS I...
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A Pap smear, also known as Papanicoloau smear, is a microscopic examination of cells scraped from the cervix and is used to detect cancerous or pre-cancerous conditions of the cervix or other medical conditions. It was named after Dr. George N. Papanicoloau, who first described it in 1928 and since its introduction, the Pap smear has helped reduce cervical cancer incidence and mortality rates b...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0008-543X
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.2820710405