Instead, it detects abnormalities which, if left untreated, could lead to cancer in a woman's cervix.
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Some strains cause lesions on the cervix and, for reasons that mystify researchers, some lesions turn cancerous.
All the others had false positive results, which means they had no clinical abnormalities on their cervix.
Inducing before the cervix is ready often fails, leading to an unneeded C-section.
Most alternative tests take swabs from a woman's cervix or a man's urethra.
Consider the Papanicolau smear, used to detect precancerous changes in a woman's cervix.
In general, masses on the ovary are called cysts while growths on the cervix or uterus tend to be called polyps.
It's the screening device that looks for precancerous lesions on the cervix.
Between them, the women received 231 treatments including repeat smears, colposcopy (a magnified examination of the cervix) and biopsy (where a sample of tissue is removed).
With a standard Pap, a little brush scrapes off cells from the cervix, which are stored in a vial to examine for signs of cervical cancer.
Even though the brain is not fully developed at birth, the baby has to come out while the head is still small enough to get through the cervix.
It turns out that cells can flake off of tumors in the ovaries or the lining of the uterus, and float down to rest in the cervix, where Pap tests are performed.
Microbicides, which are currently being tested as foams and gels, but might eventually be stored in rings that would fit around the neck of the cervix, work by killing the virus before it gets into the body.
The nurses, who will be equipped with cervical screening and treatment tools as well as standard smartphones, will take a photograph of the cervix with their phone and send it via SMS to a medical expert in a specialized clinic.
Inspired by the growing range of clockwork gadgets (radios, torches and so on) designed for use in places without mains electricity, they have come up with a hand-cranked device that can be used to examine a woman's cervix for signs of cancer.
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They looked at cancer rates for the EU as a whole (27 member states as at 2007) and also in six individual countries - France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and the UK - for all cancers, and, individually, for stomach, intestine, pancreas, lung, prostate, breast, uterus (including cervix) and leukaemias.
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These interventions are stopping smoking, promoting single pregnancies in IVF treatments, reducing planned Caesarean sections - which are often carried out before due dates - unless there is a medical reason by 80%, providing progesterone supplements to women with high-risk pregnancies and cervical stitches for women with a "weak" cervix that could mean a baby does not go to term.
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