Discover how Pap smears play a crucial role in cervical cancer prevention and learn when and how often you should get ...

For starters, it does not mean you have cancer—or that you’re destined to develop it.

Pap smears are usually performed during routine gynecological care, along with a breast exam and overall well-being check.

A pap smear (or pap test) is a screening for cervical cancer. It involves taking cells from the cervix and vagina and examining them under a microscope. The test is looking for cervical ...

No endocervical cells on Pap smear. Ideally, both glandular and squamous cells should be present on a Pap smear, because the squamocolumnar junction is sampled. When no endocervical cells ...

A London hospital is committing to continuing and expanding its pop-up pap test clinic program due to overwhelming demand.

Despite agreement among physicians that the ThinPrep Pap test is easier to read, cost is the number one reason the method is not yet widely used. "The coverage for the test by insurance companies ...

A researcher has invented a reusable Papcup to replace the uncomfortable and ‘potentially traumatic’ pap smear ...

In 2021, 78.1% of women aged 21 to 65 were up to date with their Pap smear test for early detection in Louisiana, LSU LCMC Health Cancer Center said. Although trends of cervical cancer in ...

The clinic will be open from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. and will operate on a first-come, first-serve basis for 25- to 65-year-olds who haven’t had a Pap test in three years. The hope is to screen upward ...

A London hospital is expanding its pop-up Pap test clinic program after the first two clinics saw overwhelming demand. St. Joseph's Health Care London held clinics in January and May, with ...