title: Pap smear: A cost effective method of screening of cervical cancer in a tertiary care centre
abstract: Cervical cancer is one of the commonest cancer cause of death among women worldwide. >80% of all the cervical cancer cases are found in developing and low-resource countries, because of a lack of awareness and difficulty in running cytology-based screening programs. Conventional Pap smear testing has been the mainstay of most of the screening programs. Cervical cytology screening by Pap smear has been proven to decrease the incidence and mortality of cervical cancer. Material and Methods: This s
journal: International Journal of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology