background: cervical cancer is the most common malignancy among women. unlike most cancers, cervical cancer is avoidable the early detection of this cancer is done by a test called pap smear. most cases of this cancer are found among women who haven't done this test. the aim of this study is to examine   effect of educational program based on hbm model on the practice of women about pap smear. ...

background: herpes simplex virus (hsv) type 2 is a widespread human infectious agent responsible for persistent and latent infections. objectives: to estimate the regional seroprevalence of anti hsv-2 antibody in shiraz, iran and to investigate the possible correlation of seropositivity with malignant changes in subjects’ papanicolaou (pap) tests. methods: data were collected in a cross-section...

Introduction: The present work was planned to compare the results of different diagnostic procedures cervical Pap smear, HPV DNA testing, colposcopy directed biopsy or conventional cervical biopsy and evaluating their correlation for final diagnosis of cervical neoplasia. Methodology: A prospective observational study was carried out on 100 patients attending the Gynaecology OPD of Calcutta Nat...

OBJECTIVE Cervical cancer remains a leading cause of death in many developing countries because limited screening by Papanicolaou (Pap) smear. We sought to better understand women's beliefs about cervical cancer and screening in Botswana, a middle-income African country with high rates of cervical cancer. METHODS We interviewed 289 women attending general medicine or human immunodeficiency vi...

OBJECTIVE To correlate cervical cytology with Cervical histology. METHODOLOGY A hospital based prospective study was carried out in consecutive total forty-three patient attending oncology clinic of Kathmandu Medical College Teaching Hospital, Sinamangal, Nepal from 1st Bhadra 2061 to end of Falgun 2061 (18th August 2004-12th February 2005) during authors posting in this clinic. All patients ...

Cervical cancer screening with Pap smear test is a cost-effective method. The Ministry of Health in Turkey recommends that it be performed once every five years after age 35. The purpose of this study was to determine the cervical cancer risk levels of women between 35 and 69, and the intervals they have the Pap smear test, and to investigate the relation between the two. This study was perform...

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...

OBJECTIVE To determine the baseline information about the knowledge of cervical cancer and explore attitude and practice of Pap smear screening among staff nurses. METHODS A pretested structured self administered questionnaire based survey was done on 205 staff nurses working in Rural Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Saifai, Etawah, containing mostly recognition and some recall type ...