OBJECTIVES To assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding cervical cancer screening among Kuwaiti women. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A total of 300 married Kuwaiti women were randomly selected from those who visited the clinics irrespective of reason(s) for the visit. A structured questionnaire covering sociodemographic characteristics, knowledge, attitude, and practice related to cervica...

A prospective study of pap smear in 100 high risk and equal number of non high risk female among total 1022 female Gynecological patients within a period of two and half months {Beginning of Sept. to middle of Nov. 1995} in Maternity Hospital, Thapathali is presented. There were 9 cases positive for dyskaryosis among high risk and 3 cases among the comparison group. All positive cases were at t...

BACKGROUND Women with HIV infection have a higher risk for cervical squamous intraepithelial lesions than do women without HIV infection, and the optimal regimen for cervical cancer screening in these women is uncertain. OBJECTIVE To assess the net health consequences, costs, and cost-effectiveness of various screening strategies for cervical neoplasia and cancer in HIV-infected women. DESI...

Purpose To evaluate the coverage of the Papanicolaou test in Brazil and the associated factors. Methods Cross-sectional study based on data from the Brazilian Health Survey 2013 comprising the proportion of 25- to 64-year-old women who had undergone a Papanicolaou test within the previous 3 years, categorized by sociodemographic variables and access to healthcare services. Results The screening...

Cervical cancer is the third most frequently diagnosed cancer worldwide, the fourth leading cause of cancer death in females in 2008. This study aim to assess cervical cancer risk factors and screening behaviors (Pap Smear test and endovaginal sonography) among women in Taif city, Saudi Arabia. Subjects and Method: A descriptive cross-sectional study was used during the period from October 2014...

BACKGROUND Cervical cancer incidence and mortality rates are higher in African Americans than in European Americans (white, non-Hispanic of European ancestry). The reasons for this disparity are not known. METHODS We recruited a population-based longitudinal cohort of 326 European American and 113 African American female college freshmen in Columbia, South Carolina, to compare clearance of hi...

Papanicolaou was born 13 May 1883 in the city of Kymi on the island of Euboea in Greece. He was the third son of Maria Georgiou and Nikolas Papanicolaou. His father was a doctor and mayor of Kymi. In his youth, Papanicolaou studied literature, philosophy, foreign languages, and he played the violin. After high school in Athens, Greece, he studied medicine at the University of Athens in Athens. ...