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cervical smearIn medicine, removal of a small sample of tissue from the cervix (neck of the womb) to screen for changes implying a likelihood of cancer. The procedure is also known as the Pap test after its originator, George Papanicolaou.
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The main entry criterion was a normal cervical smear taken in 1988, followed by a technically adequate subsequent smear (of any cytologic grade) taken from October 1990 to December 1991. Health Care for Women International, 2003, 24(5):468-475; Kavanagh AM and Broom DH, Women's understanding of abnormal cervical smear test results: a qualitative interview study, BMJ, 1997, 314(7091):1388-1391; McKee MD et al. Participating GPs received a service incentive payment from November for screening women who have not had a cervical smear in the past four years. |
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