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Research Notes on Pap Smear
A Pap Smear also called Pap test, cervical smear, or smear test is a test that collects cells from the cervix. A Pap smear is used to check for abnormal cells, inflammation, infection, and pre-cancerous cells that cause cervical cancer.
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What is Pap Smear?
- National Cancer Institute: What is a Pap test?
- The National Womens Health Information Center: What is a Pap test?
- WebMD: What Is a Pap Smear?
- American Academy of Family Physicians: What is a Pap smear?
- WrongDiagnosis: Medical Tests: Pap smear
- University of Michigan Health System: What is a Pap smear?
What Are The Uses for Pap Smear?
- About.com: Pap Smear Benefits
- eHealthMD: Why Are Regular Pap Smears So Important?
- American Cancer Society: Cervical Cancer: Prevention and Early Detection
- UptoDate: Screening for cervical cancer
What Are The Side Effects, Interactions and Precautions for Pap Smear?
- eMedicineHealth: Pap Smear Risks
- MedlinePlus: Pap Smear Risks
- American Academy of Family Physicians: Pap Smears: When Yours is Slightly Abnormal
- WebMD: Abnormal Pap Test
What are the Alternatives to Pap Smear?
- Penn State University Health Services: Thin Prep Pap Smear
- FDA Consumer: DNA Test Shows Promise as Pap Smear Alternative
- ScienceBlog: Alternative to Pap smear could reduce cervical cancer deaths
Wisdom, Personal Experiences and Blogs about Pap Smear
- The Phoenixx: Sigh.
- My journey through HPV: The phone call
- Cindy's World: Rain in the Land of Sunshine
- How to Treat Cancer: Abnormal Pap Smear Tests
Clinical Trials for Pap Smear
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Pap Smear Clinical Trials
- CenterWatch: Pap Smear Clinical Trials
Message Boards, Chat and Discussions about Pap Smear
- MidwiferyToday: Pap smears and pregnancy
- HealthBoards: Abnormal Pap smear, first time.... What is this?
- Mothering: Pap smear while pregnant?
- MedHelp: Pap Smear Forums
- AtForumz: How often to have a pap smear test?
Controversy and Lawsuits about Pap Smear
- American Academy of Family Physicians: Update on Controversy Over Managing Abnormal Pap Smears
- Yale-New Haven Hospital: Pap tests may be unnecessary for some women
- eHealthMD: How Accurate Are Pap Smear Results?
Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Pap Smear
- JAMA: Pap Smear Articles
- PubMedCentral: Pap Smear Articles
- Google Scholar: Pap Smear Articles
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- Contributor: Chris Miller
- Reviewer: Pat Washburn
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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- Contributor: Chris Miller
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- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Pap exam, Pap smear exam, Pap test, Papanicolau test, Papanicolau exam, Papanikolau test, Papanikolau exam, Pap smears
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.