OBJECTIVE to identify the factors related to the failure of women to attend the follow-up consultation to receive the results of the Pap smear test. METHOD a cross-sectional study, carried out with 775 patients who underwent the Pap smear test in the Centro de Saúde da Família of Fortaleza, between September 2010 and February 2011. RESULTS the majority of the women studied were young (≤35 y...

BACKGROUND It is noted that oral contraceptive pills increase the risk of abnormal Pap smear but results have been inconsistent across the populations. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to evaluate the association between oral contraceptive pill (OCP) consumption and abnormal Pap smear in women who referred to Shahid Sadoughi and Madar hospitals in Yazd. MATERIALS AND METHODS A cross sectional des...

Even though a great attention has been given on the cervical cancer diagnosis, it is a tuff task to observe the pap smear slide through microscope. Image Processing and Machine learning techniques helps the pathologist to take proper decision. In this paper, we presented the diagnosis method using cervical cell image which is obtained by Pap smear test. Image segmentation performed by multi-thr...

background cervicovaginal infections are the most common causes of refereeing to clinics and health centers. objectives the primary aim of present study was to determine the prevalence of genital infections in pap smear specimens and its relationship with variables such as age and contraceptive methods. materials and methods this was a cross-sectional study that carried out in 2010 in ahvaz, ir...

BACKGROUND In recent decades, the incidence of cervical cancer and cervical cancer mortality in Austria has declined by varying degrees. The Pap smear is to be considered a causal factor for this decline. METHODS This longitudinal analysis is based on a data set of Pap smear assessments collected by the Committee for Quality Assurance of the Austrian Society of Cytology. Data from 15 laborato...

The study was undertaken to evaluate liquid based cytology (Pap spin) and to compare the sensitivity of Pap spin with conventional Pap smear. Pap smears were taken from 160 patients with gynaecologic complaints with Ayre’s spatula and endocervical cytobrush and slides prepared. The residual material on both the spatula and cytobrush were rinsed in Pap spin collection fluid and centrifuged. Dire...

Background: Historically the conventional Pap smear has been an effective screening tool for Carcinoma cervix. However the reporting of benign and malignant endometrial cells on Pap smear has remained controversial. There are very few studies addressing the utility of Pap smears in diagnosing endometrial carcinomas. Objective: To rescreen the Pap smears of patients with endometrial adenocarcino...

Abstract The normal vaginal flora is complex and includes various organisms, many of them conditioned pathogens. microbiome controlled by estrogens that why a major difference it encountered between pre-menopausal menopausal women. Bacterial vaginosis was associated with inflammatory changes on Papanicolaou (PAP) smears chronic inflammation may eventually tead to potentially precancerous cancer...

BACKGROUND Data on the prevalence of cervical HPV genotypes in Australia by age and by grade of cytological abnormality are sparse. OBJECTIVE Measure prevalence of HPV genotypes among 2620 Australian women by age and cytology status. STUDY DESIGN Women presenting for routine Pap smear screening were recruited from diverse regions, including a significant sample of Indigenous women. DNA extr...

BACKGROUND The aim of the study was (a) to assess sensitivity and specificity of self-sampling in a community setting for identifying high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and abnormal Papanicolaou (Pap) smears and (b) to assess satisfaction with this collection method among Hispanic women. METHODS Lay health workers distributed self-collection kits to Hispanic women in the community...