Clinicians should be wary of over treating women who present with abnormal pap smears in combination with cervical cancer precursors, according to new cancer guidelines co-authored by a physician from ...

Abnormal Pap test results. The American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (ASCCP) (2014) provides evidence-based guidelines for the management of abnormal Pap test results. 7 ...

Sexual Abuse May Affect Cervical Cancer Screening Rates Recent revisions in national guidelines for cervical cancer screening may affect clinicians' ability to diagnosis adenocarcinoma in situ (AIS), ...

A Pap test checks for changes in the cells of the cervix, which is the lowest part of the uterus. The Pap test, which screens for cervical cancer, is one of the most reliable and effective cancer ...

Pap smears used to be a no-brainer: You’d see your ob/gyn for your yearly wellness check and would get an annual Pap in the process. But recommendations changed in the last few years and now it’s not ...

Many women accustomed to getting an annual Pap test for most of their adult lives were caught by surprise when medical organizations began altering their recommendations in the past couple years. In ...

JACKSON, MI -- The guidelines for women’s Pap smears have recently changed, thanks to mounting medical evidence about their use. The Pap smear is a test performed during a speculum examination to ...

My Pap test showed some abnormal changes but nothing conclusive. What's up? Your Pap test result most likely falls under the category of ASC-US, or atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance ...

Each year, approximately 3.5 million women in the United States have an abnormal Pap test that requires some form of further evaluation or treatment. This week’s issue of the Journal of the American ...