screening for cervical cancer by pap smear in hospital based population

ABSTRACT

The aim of the study was to screen sexually active women of cancer of cervix by Pap smear and to find the proportion of preinvasive and invasive disease of the cervix in a hospital based population. Cross sectional study. This study was conducted from 1 june 99 to 31 December 2000 at Department of Obs and Gynae unit 1 to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital and Karachi Medical and Dental College. The study included [ 152 ] sexually active women attending the gynae OPD of ASH. The patients were screened fort cancer of cervix by the standard screening test, the pap smear. The result of the smears were analyzed. Out of 144 smears considered for analysis 44 [ 30.55% ] were normal, 87[60.44%] showed inflammatory changes, 6[4.16%[ had dysplasias and more than 7[4.86%] were classed as inadequate because of absence of endocervical cells. A pap smear detects cervical cancer in its early [curable ] stage it is thus recommended that an effective screening programme should be introduced at national level and awareness must be created in women regarding screening of cervical cancer