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Pap Smear |
Pap Test; Pap Test / Pap Smear |
A pap smear (also called Pap test and smear test) is a medical screening test for detecting pre-cancerous changes (termed dyskaryosis derived from Greek, meaning 'bad-nut') and thus aims to prevent the development of cancer and other abnormalities in the female genital tract by sampling cells from the cervix with an Aylesbury spatula or (more frequently with the advent of liquid-based cytology) a plastic-fronded broom. The cells are placed on a glass slide and checked for abnormalities in th ...
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Pap Smear Organizations
- National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/
- American Academy of Family Physicians http://www.aafp.org/
- College of American Pathologists http://www.cap.org/
- National Women's Health Information Center, OWH, HHS http://www.4woman.gov/
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Resource Center http://www.acog.org/
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Clearinghouse, AHRQ, OPHS, HHS http://www.ahcpr.gov/news/pubsix.htm
- Cancer Information Service, NCI, NIH, HHS http://cis.nci.nih.gov/
- National Center for Health Statistics, CDC, OPHS, HHS http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
- Planned Parenthood Federation of America http://www.plannedparenthood.org/
- Iowa Women's Health Center, University of Iowa
- Office of Women's Health, OEA, FDA, HHS http://www.fda.gov/womens/default.htm
- National Cancer Institute, NIH, HHS http://www.nci.nih.gov/
- Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, HHS http://cms.hhs.gov/
- New York Online Access to Health, The New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center (NOAH) http://www.noah-health.org
- Office of Population Affairs Clearinghouse, OPA, OPHS, OS, HHS http://opa.osophs.dhhs.gov/clearinghouse.html
- Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, NCCDPHP, CDC http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/
- National Cervical Cancer Coalition (NCCC) http://www.nccc-online.org/
- Lab Tests Online http://www.labtestsonline.org/
- Cleveland Clinic http://www.clevelandclinic.org
Resources
- Ask NOAH About: GynecologicalExam Fact Sheet (New York Online Access to Health, The New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center (NOAH))
- ¿Que es la prueba Pap? (Office of Population Affairs Clearinghouse, OPA, OPHS, OS, HHS)
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