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Pap smear screening in women under 30 in the norwegian coordinated cervical cancer screening program, with a comparison of immediate biopsy vs. pap smear triage of moderate dysplasia

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Objective: To provide population-based estimates of Pap smear screening results among women under 30 and to compare the outcomes of 2 triage options for women under 30 with a moderate dysplastic Pap smear: immediate biopsy vs. Pap smear follow-up. Study
Nygard, Jan F
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The Pap Smear Revisited

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 1987
Summary: Papanicolaou smear screening for cervical cancer has become an established practice in most developed countries. This is because the cervix is relatively accessible to investigation and treatment, and early stages in the morphogenesis of cervical cancer are both recognizable and easily treated.The Pap smear is a valid test.
Shield P.W., Daunter B., Wright R.G.
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The Pap smear: Take two

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1975
The results of two "pancervical" Pap smears taken sequentially at the same sitting were evaluated on 2,823 patients in a Family Planning Program as part of a national sample to evaluate abnormal cervical cytology and method of contraception. It was found that obtaining two smears increased the detection of abnormal cytology in these patients by 86 per ...
J J, Shulman   +5 more
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Bacterial vaginosis: comparison of Pap smear and microbiological test results [PDF]

open access: yesModern Pathology, 2004
29th European Congress of Cytology -- MAY 08, 2003 -- Prague, CZECH REPUBLICOur purpose was to determine the reliability of the Pap smear in making the diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis and to examine the characteristics of Pap smear vs vaginal culture in
Cigdem Tokyol   +2 more
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Pap smear and quality of Pap smear devices

2001
3, 7, Journal of Medicine and Health ...
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Adenocarcinoma cells in Pap smears

Pathology, 2009
Adenocarcinomas of the cervix, endometrium, fallopian tube and ovary may present with malignant cells in a Pap smear. In contrast, carcinomas arising outside the female genital tract only rarely present in Pap smears and signs and symptoms of disseminated malignancy are usually evident.
Nicholas J, Mulvany   +2 more
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Abnormal Pap Smears In Adolescents

Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, 2003
Goldfarb: I think this discussion has pointed out several things when it comes to the management of adolescent gynecology and the problems that might exist from an infectious standpoint in the vulvovaginal canal and the cervix. Every young lady that has HPV must be tested for other STIs.
Janice, Bacon   +3 more
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In vitro adjuncts to the Pap smear

Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America, 2002
The Pap smear has been recognized widely as the most effective cancer screening test in the history of medicine. It is widely believed that the use of this test has been responsible for the drastic reduction in the incidence and mortality of cervical cancer in the United States, Canada, and much of Western Europe in the last 50 years.
Juan C, Felix, Charles, Amezcua
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Evaluation of the atypical Pap smear

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1987
Two hundred thirty-six consecutively referred patients with "atypical" but not dysplastic Pap smears were evaluated by colposcopy and directed biopsies to assess the significance of this ambiguous result. Additionally the histologic diagnosis was compared with the results obtained by repetition of the Pap smear, interpretation of cervigrams, and the ...
D E, Jones   +4 more
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The Thousand-Dollar Pap Smear

New England Journal of Medicine, 2013
How did we arrive at a system in which a cheap screening test whose cost-effectiveness assumes a price of $20 to $30 could become a four-figure budget item? Multiple steps are involved, but the net result is skyrocketing health care costs and skipped screenings.
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