Objectives: To estimate diagnostic efficacy of visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) in comparison to Pap smear. Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried over a period of 24 months on 200 women attending colposcopy clinic at KLES Dr Prabhakar Kore Hospital and Medical Research Center, Belgaum, India. All women enrolled in study underwent Pap smear, VIA, colposcopy and biopsy. The sens...

OBJECTIVE The objective was to determine if repeating a Pap smear at the time of an initial colposcopy has sufficient clinical benefit to justify its clinical and financial costs. METHODS The records were reviewed of all patients who had an initial colposcopy at Queens Hospital Center between 1984 and 1995. Data were gathered regarding the referral cytology, the cytology done at the time of c...

BACKGROUND In the United States certain minority groups, such as racial/ethnic immigrant women, are less likely than non-Hispanic White women to be screened for cervical cancer. Barriers to such care include health insurance, cost, knowledge, attitudes, health literacy, and cultural norms and practices. Among the most promising approaches to increase screening in these groups are patient naviga...

OBJECTIVES To determine the factors that influence risk of cervical cancer after three consecutive negative Pap smears. METHODS A cohort study was conducted using data from the British Columbia Cervical Cancer Screening Program and British Columbia Cancer Registry. Analysis was based on a one percent sample of women aged 20-69 years with Pap smears enriched with all invasive cervical cancer c...

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends cervical cancer screening begin with the onset of sexual activity and be repeated at least every 3 years until age 65. Previous studies examining the annual utilization and frequency of Pap screening have relied on patient self-report, found to be less reliable than medical records and administrative data. We estimate the age-specific rate and ...

Cervical cancer is an important woman's health problems worldwide, especially in low socio-economic countries. The aim of this study was to compare the Pap smear screening results between Akha hill tribe and urban women who live in Chiang Rai province, Thailand. Screening was conducted for 1,100 Akha women and 1,100 urban women who came to have the Pap smear at Chiangrai Prachanukroh Hospital a...

Introduction: Cervical cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer worldwide. Pap smears and HPV vaccinations allow for prevention, diagnosis and improved treatment for cervical cancer. Concerns have been raised about decreased Pap smear compliance due to misconceptions about the role of HPV vaccinations. This study aimed to assess the compliance of, the knowledge about and the barriers ...

BACKGROUND Psychological distress is severe in women who receive a report of abnormal findings on Pap smear, and may be one reason 10-61% of such women fail to undergo follow-up testing. METHODS Using the 14-question Psychosocial Effects of Abnormal Pap Smears Questionnaire (PEAPS-Q) as a basis, we developed the 23-question Cervical Dysplasia Distress Questionnaire (CDDQ), testing its interna...

Cervical cancer is the third most common type of amongst women, compared to other neoplasms, with a higher potential for prevention, slow evolution, and has simple effective screening test in its detection, cure when diagnosed early. The routine examination Brazil prevention this Pap smear test. This study aimed reveal knowledge practice regarding among cytopathologists. A descriptive explorato...

The amount of money a woman is willing to pay for liquid-based cytology technology has not been measured. In the present study, 175 women answered a questionnaire asking how much they would pay to decrease their risk of dying of cervical cancer if a new (liquid-based) Papanicolaou (Pap) test was used in place of the conventional smear. When women assumed that the new Pap test reduced the risk o...