Title
Comparative analyses of PAP smear data in pre and post menopause Indian women
Authors
Anbumozhi Kannan1, Wangol Kiyam1, Giridharan Bupesh2,*, Matcha Bhaskar3, Priavadhana Rajan Prasaad1, Bheema Rao1
Affiliation
1Department of Pathology, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital (SBMCH), BIHER, Chrompet, Chennai - 600044, India 2Research and Development Wing, Central Research Laboratory, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital (SBMCH), BIHER, Chrompet, Chennai - 600044, India; 3Department of Zoology, Sri Venkadeswara University, Tirupathi, India.
Dr. MK Anbumozhi - +91-9940436776, Email- anbupath@rediffmail.com Dr. Giridharan Bupesh - Phone: +91 8012405965, Email: bupeshgiri55@gmail.com. *Corresponding authors:
Article Type
Research Article
Date
Received January 3, 2020; Revised April 19, 2020; Accepted May 7, 2020; Published June 30, 2020
Abstract
PAP smear is one of the best screening tools available for early detection of cervical cancer. Hence, we conducted a retrospective study at the Department of Pathology, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital over a period of one year by collecting PAP smear data. A total of 978 smears were collected out of which 59% were premenopausal and 41% were post menopausal women. Data shows that the prevalence of pre malignant and malignant lesions were more among the women of post menopausal age group than the pre menopausal age group.
Keywords
Carcinoma cervix, PAP smear, premenopausal, postmenopausal.
Citation
Kannan et al. Bioinformation 16(6): 452-457 (2020)
Edited by
P Kangueane
ISSN
0973-2063
Publisher
License
This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
