pap

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Marfisee’s own survey of the mission’s female residents found that nearly 90% were not up to date on recommended cancer screenings like mammograms and pap smears, which detect early cervical cancer.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

Some of them have been feeding on spoon-fed pap by the rich and powerful for so long that — as A.J.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2025

With a clear mammogram, ultrasound and pap smear, Munn’s cancer could’ve been among the estimated 20% that go undetected, according to the National Cancer Institute.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2025

Even so, women who test positive for HPV still need to follow up with a pap smear afterwards — which is where products like Methica CC, developed by the Netherlands-based CC Diagnostics, come in.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2025

At 3 P.M., more than twelve hours after most of us had arrived, we were delivered a container of thin mealie pap and no utensils.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela