A pap smear (or pap test) is a screening for cervical cancer. It involves taking cells from the cervix and vagina and examining them under a microscope. The test is looking for cervical ...

Perform a Pap smear when the patient is in the ... taking care to avoid a thick smear or shearing of cells by excessive pressure. Collect the endocervical specimen using a cytobrush (about one ...

The Papanicolaou (Pap) smear is commonly used to screen for cervical cancer and since its introduction in organized screening programmes in resource-rich countries it has been successful in ...

Objective: At initial evaluation, 1 in 6 women with atypical glandular cells (AGCs) on Pap smear has cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) or cancer. Years later, a greater-than-expected ...

A Pap smear involves collecting a sample from the cervix to test for abnormal cells that are cancerous or could lead to ...