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Good god people, shouldn't SOME recognition be made of how freakin' INVASIVE and uncomfortable this examination is for the patient!?? How about a mention of maybe some medical research into a HPV detection method that does NOT require such invasive practices??? SOMETHING!! --[[User:Promus Kaa|Promus Kaa]] 05:13, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

:If you can find a well-referenced piece about this sort of thing in a [[WP:RS|reliable source]], then I would say by all means put it in. Not simply personal-experience type pages, though. [[User:86.132.138.84|86.132.138.84]] 18:06, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

::I think a pap smear is a small price to pay and quite effective if you compare death due to [[cervical cancer]] in the developed and developing world ({{PMID |15761078}}). There has been a fair deal of work on improving the experience-- e.g. BMJ. 2006 Jul 22;333(7560):171. Epub 2006 Jun 27. [http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/333/7560/171 Free Full Text]. There is also a study on self-collected samples -- {{PMID |11988136}} (The acceptability of self-collected samples for HPV testing vs. the pap test as alternatives in cervical cancer screening). [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=PureSearch&db=PubMed&details_term=pap%20smear%2C%20experience%2C%20perception Here is a list] ([[PubMed]]) of a few more studies. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=PureSearch&db=PubMed&details_term=pap%20test%2C%20privacy Here] is another list. [[User:Nephron|Nephron]] <small>[[User_talk:Nephron|&nbsp;T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Nephron|C]]</small> 18:54, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

::: I would agree that something should be included about patient discomfort and also if that acts as a deterrent to screening. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/114.198.97.208|114.198.97.208]] ([[User talk:114.198.97.208|talk]]) 07:47, 27 February 2013 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

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* put into a liquid and then, via automation, put onto a [[microscope slide]] --as opposed to

* smeared onto a microscope slide directly and then fixed.

See: {{PMID |17724676}} for comparison/reasoning why this is becoming the new standard - Cancer. 2007 Oct 25;111(5):285-91.) and [http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/PPI/Screening/Cervical/hpvfocal/fps/Liquid+Based+Cytology+Sampling.htm] [[User:Nephron|Nephron]] <small>[[User_talk:Nephron|&nbsp;T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Nephron|C]]</small> 19:17, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

== Annual screening is not "generally recommended" ==