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Cervical Cancer Screening

Also Known As Pap Test
Screening Practice

Population-level screening of women for cervical cancer and its HPV-related precursor lesions, using methods that include HPV DNA testing (with self-collected samples shown to be as reliable as provider-collected ones) and visual inspection of the cervix after applying acetic acid, with or without colposcopy. The World Health Organization's global elimination strategy sets a target of screening 70 percent of women with a high-performance test by age 35 and again by age 45, as one of three targets to be reached by 2030.

Facts
Origin Year
1941 2
Sourced to the subject's own accountGeorgios Papanikolaou began the underlying research in 1923; the test recorded here by the year it gained wider recognition as a screening method, after a leading 1941 article in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Practice Class
Preventive care, screening 1
Classification
Practice Class
Preventive or Public Health Practice 1
Connections

Associated With

Secondary Prevention, Concepts
Source WHO: Cervical Cancer Fact Sheet

In Branch

Preventive Care, Branches
Source WHO: Cervical Cancer Fact Sheet
Sources
1. WHO: Cervical Cancer Fact Sheet
World Health Organization
  • WHO Response section / Cervical screening and treatment of precancers subsection
    70% of women screened with a high-performance test by 35 years of age and again by 45 years of age
  • Cervical screening and treatment of precancers subsection
    examining the cervix after applying acetic acid, with or without magnification (colposcopy or naked-eye visual inspection)
  • Program classification, entity description sentence
    Population-level screening of women for cervical cancer and its HPV-related precursor lesions, using methods that include HPV DNA testing and visual inspection of the cervix after applying acetic acid, with or without colposcopy.
  • In Branch: Preventive Care
  • Associated With: Secondary Prevention
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2. Wikipedia: Pap Test
WikipediaHistory sectionView the Source
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