Background: Cervical cytology by Papanicolaou (Pap) smears is an effective means of
screening for cervical premalignant and malignant conditions. Cervical intra-epithelial …

Objective: Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women worldwide after
breast cancer, and in developing countries, the leading cause of death by cancer. It is one of …

Background: Premalignant and malignant lesions are not uncommon in Pakistani women,
especially in the older age-groups Aim: This study was conducted to determine the …

Materials and Methods: A total of 32,026 conventional pap smear tests collected between
January 2006 and January 2010 from three hospitals are retrospectively analyzed. Results …

Cancer of the cervix is the third most common cancer in women. In India and other
developing countries cervical cancer is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Cancer …

Aims: To find the presence of cervical cancer in PAP smears taken from Pakistani women of
different age groups. Setting: Department of Cytology, Public Health Laboratory Division …

BACKGROUND: Cytology smears and guided biopsies are the most widely used diagnostic
standards for cervical cancer (CC) screening in the developing countries. AIM: To evaluate …

The Papanicolaou smear or cervicovaginal cytology has been the mainstay of screening for
cervical cancer in women of over 60 years. In this article, the origins of the Pap smear as a …

ABSTRACT Background: In India cervical cancer is the leading cause of morbidity and
mortality. Cancer of cervix is preventable, and can be diagnosed at the pre-malignant/pre …

Background: In the low resource settings of a developing country, a conventional
Papanicolaou (Pap) test is the mainstay screening system for cervical cancer. In order to …