BACKGROUND Assessment of the nursing staff knowledge, attitude and practices about cervical cancer screening in a tertiary care teaching institute of rural India. MATERIALS AND METHODS A cross sectional, descriptive, interview- based survey was conducted with a pretested questionnaire among 262 staff nurses of a tertiary care teaching and research institute. RESULTS In this study 77% respon...

IJMDS ● www.ijmds.org ● July 2017; 6(2) 1456 Original Article Utility of Pap smear screening for prevention of cervical cancerA 3yrs study from rural Tripura A northeastern state of India Saha D, Ghosh S, Nath S, Islam H ABSTRACT Background: Cancer cervix is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity among women worldwide. According to National Cancer Registry Program of India, cancers of cervi...

AIM To disclose possible association between exophytic vulvar condyloma acuminata and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia in generally healthy, sexually active women. METHODS This retrospective study included 74 patients (study group) who were referred for laser vaporization therapy of exophytic vulvar condyloma acuminata, and 88 asymptomatic volunteers without evidence of exophytic vulvar con...

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. ...

Background: The Papanicolaou test (Pap test) is most sensitive and widely used screening test for early diagnosis of various cervical lesions including infections. Objectives: To know the utility of Pap smears in diagnosing cervical infections and to study the pattern of infections on Pap smears occurring in this region of India. Material and Methods: Retrospective analysis of Pap smear reports...

Cervical cancer is the second prevalent malignant cancer among women in the world (Parkin & Bray, 2006). The Papanicolaou (Pap) smear is essential for early detection and timely treatment of cervical cancer, and reducing the progress of the disease and its mortality in women (Blackman et al., 1999). Annual Pap smear is recommended for sexually active females (Fink, 1988). Despite the advantages...

Introduction: Cancer of uterine cervix is the most common genital tract malignancy. Pap smear though widely used screening test for cervical cancer has the disadvantage of low sensitivity. Colposcopy has higher sensitivity compared to Pap smear. Concurrent screening with Pap smear and colposcopy can overcome this problem. Aim: The aim of the study was correlation of Pap smear and colposcopic fi...

INTRODUCTION PAP smear is an important tool which compliment histopathology in detection of various cervical lesions. Since last few decades, it is becoming easy and cost-effective way for early detection of pre-cancerous and cancerous cervical lesions. AIMS/OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study is to evaluate the utero-cervical lesions in peri& post-menopausal age group by Pap smear method; ...

Background In South Africa, cervical cancer remains among the most common cancers and a leading cause of cancer death. Co-infection with HIV increases the risk of developing cervical pre-cancer and cancer. We analysed National Health Laboratory Service cervical cytology data to investigate geographic variations of Pap smear coverage, quality, and high grade lesions. Methods Facility-level dat...