Molecular techniques are used to identify HPV DNA. The ones most commonly used are the HPV test and PCR-based detection.
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- How do we get from a check-up to a biopsy?
- How is a colposcopy performed?
- How is an HPV infection diagnosed?
- How reliable is a colposcopy?
- Is a colposcope used during surgery?
- Is any preparation necessary before a colposcopy?
- What does the doctor see under the microscope when examining a biopsy and what are the possible diagnoses?
- What exactly is a colposcopic biopsy and how is it performed?
- What is a colposcope?
- What is the colposcopy used for?
- What is the reliability of a biopsy taken during a colposcopy?
- When is a colposcopy recommended?
- What symptoms should I have in order to get tested?
- Pap test
- At what age should testing start and when should it stop?
- Can a Pap test come out negative and miss a lesion?
- Can pregnant women be tested?
- How frequently should I get a Pap test?
- How is the Pap test performed?
- If the Pap test shows inflammation or atrophy, what happens next?
- Is any preparation required for pap test?
- Is it necessary for women who are not sexually active to have pap tests?
- Is it necessary for women who have had a hysterectomy to be tested?
- Liquid-based Pap test (Thin Prep)
- Traditional Pap test
- What can the examination of the cervical cells under the microscope show?
- What is the Pap test?
- What is the reliability of the Pap test and how can it be improved?
- Who was Georgios Papanikolaou
- “Abnormal cells” on Pap smear: what is the next step?
- What is a colposcopy?
- Is my HPV infection an old or a recent one?
- What is the difference between the Pap test and a colposcopy and biopsy?
- Do I have premalignant lesions caused by HPV?