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• Health: Conditions and Diseases: Cancer: Gynecologic: Cervical  (19)
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Abnormal Pap Smears Analysis of results, tests, causes, treatments, and a gallery of pictures. Includes links. http://www.abnormal-pap-smear.com

Abnormal Pap Smears: What Every Woman Needs to Know Book by Lynda Rushing, M.D. and Nancy Joste, M.D. about pap smears test results and the human papillomavirus (HPV) and its connection to cervical dysplasia and cancer. Excerpt from the book, ordering information, and profiles of the authors. http://www.abnormalpapsmears.com/

About.com: Colposcopy: What Is It? Describes the procedure used for further evaluation of abnormal pap smear results. http://womenshealth.about.com/library/weekly/aa070699.htm

Can You Trust Your Pap Smear? Dr. Donnica Moore discusses what a Pap smear is; who should have one and how often, what the new cervical screening technologies are, and whether you should request them. http://www.drdonnica.com/articles/00000036-001.htm

eMedicine Health - Colposcopy Consumer health resource center providing information on the risks and benefits of these procedures. http://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/6542-1.asp

eMedicine Health - Pap Smear Consumer health resource center providing information on pap smears. http://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/12373-1.asp

The Female Pelvis Slides from a clinical skills class describing the pelvic exam procedure. http://medinfo.ufl.edu/year1/bcs96/slides/pelvic/

Feminist Women's Health Center: Gynecological Self-Exam Shows how to do a cervical or vaginal self-exam and identify problems. Also lists benefits of self-exams. http://www.fwhc.org/health/selfcare.htm

Gynecologic Oncology: All About Pap Tests Describes the procedure, evaluation process, treatment, and possible errors with the test. http://www.gyncancer.com/pap-test.html

Having a Pelvic Exam and Pap Test Information from the National Cancer Institute about what to expect. Also includes advice from other women. http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Detection/Pap-test

InteliHealth: The Pelvic Exam And Pap Smear Lists how to prepare for the exam, steps through the procedure, and answers common questions. http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/EMIHC000/9103/24371.html

MedicineNet: Pam Smear Doctor written consumer health information, includes what is a pap smear, who should have one, how it is done, treatments for abnormal pap smears and new technologies. http://www.medicinenet.com/pap_smear/article.htm

Medinfo: Smear Test (Cervical Smear) Information from a United Kingdom general practitioner about procedure, results, and follow-up techniques. http://www.medinfo.co.uk/tests/smear.html

My First Visit Site offering young women information about their first visit to a gynecologist. Talks about pap tests as well as pelvic exams. [English, Bulgarian, Polish, Slovenian] http://www.firstvisit.org

The Pap Examination: It Can Save Your Life Information from the College of American Pathologists about the value of the exam, when to have it, and how to determine if a laboratory is accredited. http://www.cap.org/apps/docs/fact_sheets/pap_info.htm

Pap Smears: What They Are and What the Results Mean Information from the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) about the types of changes an abnormal test can show. http://familydoctor.org/138.xml

Women's Health Pelvic Exam and Pap Smear Information from University Health Services at Pennsylvania State University about what to expect with a pelvic exam. http://www.sa.psu.edu/uhs/womenshealth/pelvicexam.cfm