(WBAY) - This First Alert Safety Desk report ... undergoing a Pap smear or HPV test that uses a speculum. This ...

A Pap smear or Pap test is a screening ... The tests include: A Pap test helps doctors diagnose cervical cancer. A doctor swabs a small sample of cells from inside and around your cervix and ...

Pap smears and HPV tests are the two screening methods for cervical cancer. They both require a sample of tissue from the cervix, but that sample is examined differently in each test.

report the results ... an HPV test plus a Pap smear or, as a control, a Pap test alone. Women who tested positive underwent colposcopy and biopsy, as did a random sample of women in the control ...

Reading the HPV test was easier than a Pap smear. So, HPV testing was integrated into the screening programs. When HPV testing is done along with the Pap smear it is known as Co-test. Collection ...