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Papanicolaou test

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Papanicolaou test [‚pä·pə′nēk·ə‚lau̇ ‚test]
(pathology)
A technique for the detection of precancerous and early noninvasive cancer by the staining and examination of exfoliated cells; used especially in the diagnosis of uterine cervical and endometrial cancer. Also known as Pap test.


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The women participating in this survey were offered a complete clinical examination, with Papanicolaou test analysis for all women >25 years of age.
Hewitt M, Devesa S and Breen N, Papanicolaou test use among reproductive-age women at high risk for cervical cancer: analyses of the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth, American Journal of Public Health, 2002, 92(4):666-669.
The study, "Impact of increasing Papanicolaou test sensitivity and compliance: A modeled cost and outcomes analysis," concludes that combining the use of the ThinPrep Pap Test with increased compliance would be more cost-effective at decreasing cervical cancer incidence than increasing the present rates of screening to those of Healthy People 2010 goal levels using the conventional Pap smear.
 
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