Getting a Pap smear isn’t high on most people’s list, but it’s the go-to test to look for cervical changes that could lead to ...

Dr. Korn is associate clinical professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences, University of California, San Francisco. Korn AB. Management of Abnormal Cervical/Vaginal Pap Smears.

Perform a Pap smear when the patient is in the proliferative phase (in the week following cessation of menses). The patient should avoid intercourse or intravaginal products/douches for 24-48 ...

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 ...

Hence the importance of a screening test.” Dr Sujit Ash answered, “Pap smear test is done for cervical cancer screening.

"In our eyes this was such a significant improvement that, in good conscience, we could not continue to accept conventional pap smears," Galup says. That decision caused problems for the lab ...