A new study has found that by genetically analyzing the harvest of cells from a Pap smear, doctors could identify 81 percent of endometrial cancers and 33 percent of ovarian cancers.

Pap smear tests, which screen for cervical cancer, ... Using a method similar to HPV testing, the new test looks for DNA from ovarian and endometrial cancer cells.

Georgia Tech's Rakeb Tesfassellasie and her partners created a cervical cancer screening protype they hope makes women's health care more accessible and comfortable.

Endometrial stromal cells without atypia, found on a Pap smear in a postmenopausal woman, deserve follow-up. A study done from 1992-1995 found normal endometrial cells in 206 consecutive Pap ...

Johns Hopkins scientists have found a way to screen for hard-to-detect endometrial and ovarian cancers in women using a routine Pap smear, a discovery they hope eventually could reduce the number ...

A new study has found that by genetically analyzing the harvest of cells from a Pap smear, doctors could identify 81 percent of endometrial cancers and 33 percent of ovarian cancers.

Materials and Methods: Cohort study consists of 43,000 community health center patients who had 83,542 Pap smears (1997–2010); 213 were diagnosed with AGC, and 117 met inclusion criteria ...

Pap tests, which are routinely used to detect cervical cancer, may be capable of spotting ovarian and uterine cancers as well, according to a new paper published in Science Translational Medicine.

Tumor cells shed from ovarian or endometrial cancers are carried into the endocervical canal. These cells can be captured by the brush used for performing a routine Pap smear.

A pap smear is a gold standard test ... uterus, vagina, and vulva. Cervical, endometrial ... By screening for abnormal cells in the cervix, pap smear not only helps identify precancerous ...

The researchers tested PapGene on Pap smear samples from 22 women with ovarian cancer and 24 women with endometrial cancer. The test identified all 24 endometrial cancers, and nine out of 22 ...