Word: papanicolaou
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Cancer of the cervix is one of the commonest forms of malignant disease. It is also one of the most certainly cur able, provided it is detected early. Thanks to the famed "Pap smear" test for early detection, developed by Cornell University's late Dr. George N. Papanicolaou, the lives of an estimated 15,000 women are now being saved each year in the U.S. But gynecologists believe that almost as many women who develop cervical cancer each year will eventually die of it, and needlessly - because it is not being detected soon enough...
...rest, whatever the percentage, Dr. Wilson is an all-out advocate of hormone replacement therapy, preferably beginning as early as age 30. With proper professional caution, he insists that a woman should take hormones only under a doctor's care, and should have a Papanicolaou smear test every year. The test serves a dual purpose: besides being a precautionary check for early cancer, the smear is read to show what percentage of the woman's vaginal cells are healthy, prime-of-life types, as compared with the cells of old age. Dr. Wilson calls this "the femininity index...
...uterus used to be the most common site of fatal cancer in women. Today, thanks mainly to early detection with the Papanicolaou smear, it is far less deadly. "With 44,000 new cases expected next year, there will be an estimated 14,000 deaths. The A.C.S. believes that an annual "Pap" smear test for all 58 million women...