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 Clinical Trials
- The IMAP Study Improving Management of Mildly Abnormal Pap Smears
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00119509 - Active, not recruiting
Cervix Neoplasms
- Assessing the Psychosocial Burden in Women With an Abnormal Pap Results After Screening Interventions
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00520117 - Recruiting
Papanicolaou Smear
- Clinical Significance of Smear or Culture Positive for Candida Spp. From Sputum Three Times a Week
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00537888 - Active, not recruiting
Pulmonary Candidiasis
- Intervention to Improve Follow-up of Abnormal Pap Test
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00575510 - Recruiting
Cervical Cancer
- Cervix Cytological Screening - Comparison of Tampon Self-Test and the Routine Smear.
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00377845 - Recruiting
Uterine Cervical Dysplasia; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
- Co-Infection of NTM in Patients With Smear Positive Pulmonary TB
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00567151 - Not yet recruiting
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
- GLYCOSA Study:Effect of PAP Treatment on Glycaemic Control in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00509223 - Recruiting
Diabetes Mellitus Type 2
- Detection of Biomarkers in Abnormal Cervical Cells in Women With Abnormal Pap Test Results
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00004091 - Active, not recruiting
screening for cervical cancer; Cervical Cancer
- The Use of Oral Appliances as an Adjunct to C-PAP in the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00358605 - Recruiting
Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Hypopnoea Syndrome
- Fluorescence and Reflectance Spectroscopy During Colposcopy in Detecting Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia and Dysplasia in Healthy Participants With a History of Normal Pap Smears
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00084903 - Recruiting
Cervical Cancer
- Are the Pancreatic Serumproteins Pancreatic Stone Protein (PSP) and Pancreatitis-Associated Protein (PAP) Predictive for the Development of Sepsis? Retrospective Study in Trauma Patients With Soft Tissue Defects.
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00564109 - Recruiting
Trauma Patients With Soft Tissue Defects
- TMC207-C202: Study to Evaluate Bactericidal Activity of Multiple Oral Doses of TMC207 in Subjects With Sputum-Smear Positive Tuberculosis
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00523926 - Completed
Tuberculosis
- National Ovarian Cancer Early Detection Program Screening and Genetic Study
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00005095 - Recruiting
stage I ovarian epithelial cancer; stage II ovarian epithelial cancer; stage III ovarian epithelial cancer; stage IV ovarian epithelial cancer; ...
- Written Educational Information and Phone Calls in Increasing Follow-Up Care in Hispanic Women With Abnormal Pap Smears
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00483288 - Completed
Cervical Cancer
- Cytodiagnosis of Basal Cell Carcinoma and Actinic Keratosis Using Papanicolaou and May-Grunwald-Giemsa Stained Tissue Smear
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00218868 - Completed
Carcinoma, Basal Cell; Porokeratosis, Disseminated Superficial Actinic
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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