Editor's note: Pap smears are a cervical cancer screening tool and are recommended for people with cervixes ... for cancer-causing HPV cells followed guidelines and received a biopsy within six months ...

Cervical cancer ... it is a screening tool. If abnormalities are detected, further diagnostic tests, such as colposcopy or biopsy, may be recommended to determine the nature of the changes ...

Cervical smearing and colposcopy with or without cervical biopsy were performed to exclude ... Main outcome measures include success of management tool, relief of symptoms, and normal cervical ...

The Papanicolaou (Pap) smear is commonly used to screen for cervical cancer and since its ... positive test results underwent colposcopy and biopsy, as did a random sample of women who tested ...

A retrospective review of comprehensive quality assurance databases of screening tests and cervical biopsy results from the Regional Laboratory of the Kaiser Permanente Northern California (KPNC ...