Talk:Pap test: Difference between revisions

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: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.

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