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...PAP Women whose Pap smears aren't quite normal, but not abnormal either, are usually advised to do one of two things: get a follow-up Pap in six months or undergo an expensive procedure called a colposcopy, in which the cervix is closely examined and usually biopsied. Now researchers report on a third alternative. In a major study, they found that testing for the human papilloma virus in women with equivocal Paps quickly and accurately identifies which women are most likely to have precancerous or cancerous lesions upon biopsy, sparing half of them the need to undergo...
Music at the White House is also in for a change. No more Jon Bon Jovi, Stevie Wonder, Melissa Etheridge, Quincy Jones etc. We are in for some serious country music. And not that socially-conscious pap produced by Garth Brooks. Look for Merle Haggard, Brooks & Dunn and Travis Tritt...
...PAP SMEAR" FOR THE BREAST Since most breast tumors seem to originate in the milk ducts, why not just remove fluid from the ducts and check the cells for signs of abnormal growth? (That's basically the strategy doctors and other health-care providers use during a Pap smear to check the cervix for signs of abnormal growth before the cells become dangerous.) If there is a problem, so the theory goes, it could be traced to a particular duct, which would then be carefully monitored for signs of malignancy. One major drawback: seemingly abnormal results can be triggered...
...that's the crux of the problem. How many women should undergo what is, when it comes right down to it, unnecessary treatment to find a few more cases of cervical cancer? Shouldn't health officials focus instead on making sure that more women undergo regular Pap-smear examinations? After all, Pap smears, though far from perfect, have helped dramatically lower the death toll from cervical cancer--taking it from the No. 1 cause of death due to cancer in American women to the 10th...
...present, the HPV test is approved in the U.S. only to help resolve ambiguous results from a Pap-smear test. Many gynecologists believe that HPV will eventually replace the Pap. But they're not willing to abandon it without a lot more detailed information--and neither should...