Approximately 11,500 new cases of cervical cancer are diagnosed each year and, sadly, roughly 4,000 women will succumb to the disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But ...

Objective: The current system of Pap smear screening and management of abnormal ... Many women, however, are not found to have significant precursor lesions. This is due to the poor specificity ...

The proportion of women in the HPV test plus Pap smear group who were found to have grade 2 or 3 lesions or cancer was 51% greater than the proportion of control women who were found to have such ...

Women who have undergone a hysterectomy for non-cancerous reasons generally do not require Pap smears unless there is a history of cervical cancer or significant cervical lesions. A Pap smear is a ...

Results: During the follow-up period that averaged for 85.3 months, the cohort had 4.5 mean Pap smears and reported 46 cytological diagnoses of low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions ...

Women between 30 and 65 are currently recommended to either receive a pap smear every three years ... with no history of precancerous cervical lesions. The USPTF’s stated rationale for the ...