High-risk human papillomaviruses (HR-HPV) are the necessary cause of cervical carcinomas and there is an increasing interest in using HR-HPV DNA detection in adjunction to cytological examination for ...

Cervical cancer screening is an important part of the annual exam for women. The pap smear has successfully reduced mortality from cervical cancer since its introduction in the middle of the 20th ...

April 22, 2009 — The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has issued a committee opinion on routine pelvic examination and cervical cytology screening that will be published in ...

A pelvic exam is a doctor’s visual and physical examination of a woman’s reproductive organs. During the exam, the doctor inspects the vagina, cervix, fallopian tubes, vulva, ovaries, and uterus.

A pelvic exam involves physically and visually examining the female reproductive and sexual organs. It allows a doctor to look for signs of infection and illness. Doctors often perform pelvic exams to ...

Although a routine smear test could save countless women from cervical cancer many in the North East are ignoring appointment invites. Health reporter JANE PICKEN finds out how one simple examination ...

The diagnosis of cervical dysplasia and carcinoma is based on both the objective evaluation of well-defined microscopic features and on the more subjective analysis of often subtle parameters to ...