objective(s): in developing countries and worldwide cervical cancer is an important cause of   female mortality. reports describing the frequency and pattern of abnormal pap smears in saudi arabia, using the revised bethesda system (rbs) are very few. the current study was conducted to explore the changing pattern of epithelial cell abnormalities (eca) detected in pap smears (ps) in females of ...

BACKGROUND Almost one-third of Norwegian women aged 25-69 years invited to have a Pap smear do not attend during the recommended period, and thus constitute a population with high-risk of cervical cancer (CC). Since the incidence of precancerous lesions of the cervix peak with occurrence of pregnancies within the same decade in women aged 25 to 35 years of age, antepartum care presents an oppor...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study is to describe the prevalence of Papanicolaou (Pap) smear use for cervical cancer screening and to estimate its association with type of health care insurance. METHODS A cross-sectional study using data from the Health, Well-Being and Aging in Latin America and the Caribbean Study (SABE). The sample includes 6357 women aged 60 and older from seven cities. ...

OBJECTIVE To examine the factors affecting uptake of cervical cancer screening among women born in China now living in Auckland, New Zealand. METHOD A community-based pilot study of 260 women surveyed by questionnaire between November 2006 and February 2007 to ascertain the uptake of cervical screening. RESULTS Of 234 returned questionnaires, 152 women (65%) reported being screened in New Z...

CONTEXT Although cervical cancer is an unusual cause of death among women 65 and older, most elderly women in the US report continuing to undergo periodic Pap smear screening. OBJECTIVE To describe the incidence of Pap smears and downstream testing among elderly women. SETTING Claims-based analysis of female Medicare enrollees age 65 and older. METHODS Using three years of Medicare Part B...

PAPANICOLAOU (PAP) SMEAR screening for cervical cancer, introduced in the 1940s, has become a widely accepted cancer screening test. High rates of screening are the rule in all industrialized nations, and the number of cases and deaths from cervical cancer has decreased substantially since the introduction of screening. In the United States, all women have historically been considered eligible ...

Random periareolar fine-needle aspiration continues to gain scientific credence in the short-term identification of women at increased risk for breast cancer. As this technique becomes more widely used, APs may seek to be trained in an effort to expand clinical trials, and someday provide a "Pap smear of the breast" for the women who need it most.

OBJECTIVE The aim was to determine what effect the offer of a cervical smear test when attending for breast screening has on the uptake of cervical and breast screening. DESIGN The study involved randomisation to compare uptake in those women invited for cervical screening in advance with their breast screening invitation (group 1) with those invited for breast screening only and then offered...

This is a prospective study conducted in the department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Nepal Medical College Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal. The main Objective of the study is to see the value of opportunistic screening program for cervical pre-cancerous lesion for prevention of cervical cancer. It also aims to see how many cases can be picked up by such screening test and is it worth doi...