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Pap smear
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Pap smear

 or Papanicolaou smear

Sample of cells from the vagina and cervix of the uterus for laboratory staining and examination to detect genital herpes and early-stage cancer, especially of the cervix. Developed by the Greek-born U.S. physician George Nicolas Papanicolaou (1883–1962), this technique also can be applied to cells obtained from other surfaces.
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Summary: The Government has announced it will not be lowering the age for smear tests after a review into cervical cancer.
Smear test age won't be lowered to 20 by Independent Television News Limited (ITN)
Byline: Alison Dayani A BIRMINGHAM mother-oftwo has won a five-figure payout after blundering lab workers missed fatal cervical cancer cells on her smear test and the disease spread so far, she was forced to have a hysterectomy.
Payout after smear test by Birmingham Mail (England)
All women are offered a smear test every three years from the age of 20 in Wales.
The Jade Goody factor: South Wales girls queue up for tests by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
 
 
 
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