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1Cytopathology Fellowship Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. rtambouret@partners.org
Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology
|January 15, 2013
Abstract:
The Papanicolaou smear or cervicovaginal cytology has been the mainstay of screening for cervical cancer in women of over 60 years. In this article, the origins of the Pap smear as a screening method and the many changes associated with the use of the Pap smear are detailed.
