Role of colposcopy and Pap smear in cervical carcinoma screening

Abstract

Background: Cervical cancer poses a significant risk to the health of women, but it can be avoided via the performance of appropriate screening procedures. Since the turn of the last century, the Papanicolaou test, sometimes known as the Pap smear, has been widely used as part of the clinical screening process for cervical cytology. The number of women being diagnosed with cervical cancer has dropped by half as a direct result of cervical cytology screening.