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Can You Still Get a Pap Smear While on Your Period?
Yes, you can have a Pap smear exam on your period. However, heavy bleeding may make it harder to detect abnormal cervical ...
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6 common myths about Pap smears that could put you at risk for cervical cancer
More than half of women surveyed mistakenly believed that Pap smears test for cancer. In reality, the primary goal of the test is to detect abnormal cell changes in the cervix — changes that ...
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Pap Technology
But a woman's chance of getting a false negative -- a result that says she's healthy when she really has cancer or pre-cancerous cells -- is ... accept conventional pap smears," Galup says.
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Percentage of smudge cells on routine blood smear predicts survival in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
In this study, we evaluated whether the smudge cell percentage on a blood smear predicted survival of CLL patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We calculated smudge cell percentages (ratio of smudged to ...
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“If you have a cervix, screen it”: Health Department offers free pap smears, HPV tests and mammograms
The Gallatin City-County Health Department (GCCHD) offers free pap smears, HPV tests and mammograms to individuals in Gallatin County. This program has been available for over 20 years, but Alyson ...