Take a look below at some of the most common and popular questions women have about pap smears.  Click on the question that interests you and find out the answers to all of your...

From the Woman's Diagnostic Cyber - Frederick R. Jelovsek MD Cervix and Pap Smear Problems - Chronic cervical pain I have had cervical pain (aching and stabbing) for over five years. Originally, I thought it was...

By Frederick R. Jelovsek, M.D How often is a PAP smear necessary? Different doctors and organizations have different answers. A 1996 conference as recently reported in: Braly, P.S., The NIH consensus conference on cervical cancer: Implications...

Frederick R. Jelovsek MD A call from the doctor's office about an abnormal Pap smear ranks as a bad news day in anyone's book. While the first thought is possible cancer of the cervix, there...

By Date of Release Topic December 17, 2000 HGSIL - High Grade Intraepithelial Lesions of the Cervix on Pap Smear May 28, 2000 Abnomal Pap Smear with Atypical Squamous Cell Changes - ASCUS April 16, 2000 Oral Treatment of...

By Frederick R. Jelovsek, M.D., Pap smears are used to diagnose cervical cancer. The cervix is the lower part of the uterus, the mouth of the womb. The Pap test is not very accurate for...

Frederick R. Jelovsek MD The human papillomavirus (HPV) has been identified as the most common culprit associated with abnormal Pap smears. Some strains of HPV are apparently more virulent than others and HPV subtypes 16,...

Frederick R. Jelovsek MD "I have been having pap smears repeated every 3 months for about 9 months now per my gyn because of an abnormal smear. He said it's a category 2, not cancer...