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The Pap test (also called a Pap smear or cervical cytology) collects cervical cells so they can be checked for changes caused by HPV that may—if left untreated—turn into cervical cancer. It can find precancerous cells and cervical cancer cells.
Pap test (also called a Pap smear or cervical cytology) collects cervical cells and looks at them for changes caused by HPV that may—if left untreated—turn into cervical cancer. It can also detect cervical cancer cells. A Pap test sometimes finds conditions that are not cancer, such as infection or inflammation. The HPV/Pap cotest
HPV test results: What positive and negative results on a screening test mean. Pap test results: What normal, abnormal, and unsatisfactory screening test results mean. Follow-up tests and procedures after an abnormal Pap test (Pap smear) or HPV test. Treatment for high-grade cervical cell changes.
Cervical cancer screening tests (e.g., the Papanicolaou (Pap) Test, HPV DNA, Thin-prep) reduce mortality from cervical cancer. Get detailed information about the evidence behind, and the potential benefits and harms of cervical cancer screening in this summary for clinicians.
ACS recommends cervical cancer screening with an HPV test alone every 5 years for everyone with a cervix from age 25 until age 65. If HPV testing alone is not available, people can get screened with an HPV/Pap cotest every 5 years or a Pap test every 3 years.
Cervical cancer treatment modalities include surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy and targeted therapy. They may be used alone or in combination depending on tumor volume, spread pattern, and FIGO staging. Get detailed information about cervical cancer treatment in this summary for clinicians.
Cervical cancer is cancer that starts in the cells of the cervix. The cervix is the lower, narrow end of the uterus (womb). The cervix connects the uterus to the vagina (birth canal). Cervical cancer usually develops slowly over time.
Two widely used screening tests are HPV tests and cytology tests (also known as Pap test or Pap smear). These tests can find high-risk HPV infections and abnormal cell changes and precancers that can be treated before they turn into cancer.
A finding of abnormal cells in the tissue that lines the outer part of the cervix. ASCUS is the most common abnormal finding in a Pap test. It may be a sign of infection with certain types of human papillomavirus (HPV) or other types of infection, such as a yeast infection.
In a cervical cancer screening program based on HPV testing starting at age 30, the most important predictors of risk of precancer at baseline testing are HPV status (positive versus negative), HPV type group, prevalent versus incident detection of HPV (duration of infection), and high-grade cytology.