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Pap smear screening in perimenopausal & postmenopausal women in rural set up

Soumya Somani , Soumya Somani

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New Indian Journal of Surgery 2(4):p 372-372, October-December 2011. | DOI:

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 Cervical cancer has become the most common cancer in women claiming about 72825 lives per year, in India. The initial changes that may occur in some cervical cells are not cancerous. However, these precancerous cells form a lesion called dysplasia or cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. Dysplasia is a common condition and the abnormal cells often disappear without treatment. However the precancerous cell may become cancerous.This can happen in less than a year. Moderate to severe dysplasia may be called carcinoma in-situ. Eventually, the abnormal cells grow uncontrollably into the deeper layers of the cervix, becoming an invasive cervical cancer. The screening for cervical cancer is done through Papanicolaou test which has 72% sensitivity & 94%specificity  Though the incidence of cancer cervix have reduced in the urban population but its rate is still alarmingly high in the rural sector. Through the analysis of the results obtained from the study, we wish to reduce the incidences of cervical cancer by educating the rural women about the risk factors and the importance of pap smear screening.

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