Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The phone rings. It's your OB-GYN's office. "Your Pap smear came back abnormal." As if going to an annual appointment that brings ...

No one likes the sound of any medical test coming back as “abnormal,” and furthermore, no one likes the sound of human papillomavirus (HPV). When I heard those two words in the same sentence, I was, ...

If you receive abnormal Pap test results after a physical exam with a primary care doctor or gynecologist, what does it mean and should you be concerned? A Pap test is usually performed as part of a ...

An abnormal Pap smear means some percentage of your cervix cells appear abnormal in shape or size. In most cases, an abnormal Pap smear does not indicate cancer and is in fact caused by HPV. If you ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Roughly over 79 million Americans have HPV, typically in your teens to 20s but also many people over the age of 30,” Navya Mysore ...

Q. I had an abnormal Pap test and after biopsies I was given a loop electrosurgical excision procedure to remove precancerous tissue. When the LEEP results came back, I was told I actually had cancer.

Q-My doctor has phoned with a report that my Pap smear is abnormal, and that he wants to see me again. What next? Does this mean I am sentenced to surgery and must have my uterus removed? Please ...

A Pap test or Pap smear is abnormal if cells on the cervix show unusual behaviour. A Par smear test is usually done to detect pre-cancerous and cancerous growth and prevent it. If the Pap smear test ...

Medical experts say that Marilyn Quayle’s surgery for cervical cancer underscores the need for women to have an annual Pap smear, one of the oldest — and often most misunderstood — screening tests for ...

Amanda Gardner is a health reporter whose stories have appeared in cnn.com, health.com, cnn.com, WebMD, HealthDay, Self Magazine, the New York Daily News, Teachers & Writers Magazine, the Foreign ...

The phone rings. It’s your OB-GYN’s office. As if going to an annual appointment that brings apprehension and anxiety to even the most mindful health enthusiasts wasn’t enough, now your test has been ...

So you went for your regular ob-gyn checkup, had a routine Pap smear...then promptly forgot about it as you continued your busy life. Now your doc has left you a message telling you that it came back ...