Like the Pap test, it consists of a simple swab taken during a pelvic exam.
For 50 years, the Pap test has been the gold standard for detecting cervical cancer.
Even though her Pap tests had come back normal, McKinney's HPV test was positive.
Race is a big issue in Singapore, and few know that better than the PAP leadership.
Like other Russian channels, it mostly broadcasts the usual pap of quiz shows and Hollywood cast-offs.
McDonald's slogans were getting stale, too: "We love to see you smile" had more pap than snap.
The title character is an underground movie director (Stephen Dorff) dedicated to the demolition of standard studio pap.
Such narrative pap was poisoning future students' minds, they moaned, making later study of real history more difficult.
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Dr. Mamie Bowers, McKinney's gynecologist, says that reading Pap smears can be tricky.
PAP's language of modernity and development, and that it is older voters who feel alienated by Singapore's rapid transformation.
Unlike the Pap, it is an objective test read by a machine and results in a positive or negative result.
The exchange of cultural ideas across Europe and the Americas promoted diversity and quality, rather than turning everything into homogenized pap.
Tragically, at a moment when we urgently need clarity about that threat, not more dissembling, we have gotten pap, not answers.
In a pilot study, they analyzed Pap smears from 46 women who already were diagnosed with either ovarian or endometrial cancer.
Other tests -- such as a Pap smear for cervical cancer or a lymph node biopsy for lymphoma -- are also safe.
Politics in the tiny but hugely wealthy state have been dominated by the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) since independence in 1965.
PAP's economic policies that Singaporeans can afford their sneakers and mobile phones.
Professor Kimler said the test was similar to the Pap smear, which is used to detect the early signs of cervical cancer.
The list includes electrocardiograms for asymptomatic patients, imaging tests for routine back pain, and Pap smears for women younger than 21 years old.
But in the latest elections, the PAP won only 60% of the vote - down from 67% in 2006 and 75% in 2001.
Dental extractions, cleanings and fillings were also available, and medical services included pap smears, breast exams, acupuncture and testing for diabetes and HIV.
The Hopkins research piggybacks on one of the most successful cancer screening tools, the Pap, and a newer technology used along with it.
"There has been continued weakness in office traffic, continuing expanding intervals with pap smears, and other things that would have investors worried, " Bonello says.
It suggests the test is far more likely to give 'false-positive' readings from cervical, or Pap, tests, than pick up early signs of cancer.
The HPV test resulted in more false-positives than the Pap test, it is not widely available yet and it may not be covered by insurance.
"We have found women who otherwise would have gone through the system with normal Pap smears, not ever suspecting that there's something wrong, " says Shaber.
Byrd recently began combing the data from a health promotion effort she designed to improve the rate of pap smears among Latinas in the community.
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.
Researchers will study whether inserting the Pap brush deeper, testing during different times of the menstrual cycle, or other factors might improve detection of ovarian cancer.
But if it ultimately pans out, "the neat part about this is, the patient won't feel anything different, " and the Pap wouldn't be performed differently, Diaz added.
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