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Pap smear:

see Pap testPap test,
Pap smear,
or Papanicolaou test
, medical procedure used to detect cancer of the uterine cervix (see uterus). A scraping, brushing, or smear, is taken from the surface of the vagina or cervix and is prepared on a slide and stained for
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Women who have previously failed to attend for their regular cervical smear will be contacted and provided with a self-test kit which is simply returned to the lab.

MSP backs home health test

This is why it is so important for you to have regular cervical smear tests.

Test to spot a condition with few symptoms

Women aged 20 to 70 should have a cervical smear test every three years.

New Zealand : Using social media to help save womens lives

Her public battle prompted a surge in women being screened for the disease, but now numbers of women having cervical smears in Wales are falling.

Warning as fewer go for cancer screening

Her public battle prompted a surge in women being screened for the disease but now numbers of women having cervical smears in Wales are falling.

'Just go for your smear. It's free and could save your life'

378%) in urine smear was more than that of the cervical smear (0.

Micronucleus assay in urothelial cells is a diagnostic indicator in carcinoma cervix

However, all women who present with HIV-positive test results and/or gynaecological symptoms are offered a conventional cervical smear.

Abnormal cervical cytology requiring colposcopy among women under the age of 30 years in the Western Cape Province, South Africa

In the period 2010 to 2011, more than 200 000 cervical smear tests were undertaken in Wales, meaning that the technology could result in a significant reduction on laboratory workloads in the country.

Wales cervical cancer screening advance

The product, for which the company issued the CE mark of conformity, is currently positioned at as an adjunct diagnostic test towards identifying cervical cancer in cytological specimens obtained from females undergoing cervical smear examinations by the standard methods.

Zetiq achieves CE conformity for cervical cancer diagnostic product

A WOMAN left infertile after two cervical smear tests were misdiagnosed has received a payout of more than pounds 500,000.

pounds 500k for test error

A WOMAN who was left infertile after two cervical smear tests were misdiagnosed has received a payout of more than pounds 500,000, her solicitor said yesterday.

Infertility after NHS tests error

Matejka Rebolj and colleagues looked at the incidence of cervical cancer after several negative cervical smear tests at different ages.