Every year, Pap tests find serious, precancerous conditions in 300, 000 women who need treatment.
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That can lead to a precancerous condition if untreated.
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The cell samples are analyzed by a lab to detect malignant and precancerous conditions of the female genital tract.
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It turned out to be a precancerous condition that could have been pretty troublesome if it had gone much longer.
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Other specialists agreed that the risk has been overblown, even for those with a precancerous condition known as Barrett's esophagus.
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Cell samples taken from a woman's cervix are analyzed to detect malignant and precancerous conditions of the female genital tract.
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Thus, she said, the test may be a cost-effective tool for figuring out which women with atypical Pap smears actually have precancerous conditions.
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But she also learned that she had an abnormal Pap smear, indicating a precancerous condition that needed close follow-up, but not immediate treatment.
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The 55-year-old Lowell man was diagnosed last fall with myelodysplasia, a precancerous condition caused by Tsongas'earlier treatment for lymphoma, a lymph gland malignancy.
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Since 1993, the screenings have detected 200 cases of breast cancer and 187 cases of cervical cancer or precancerous conditions of the cervix.
