The team compared the effectiveness of the conventional "Pap" method with a test which detects minichromosome maintenance (MCM) proteins, which are present on the surface of cancerous or pre-cancerous ...

This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Hawaii Pacific Health. Patients were selected from the gynecologic cytology practice of a community commercial laboratory, which ...

The method offers an alternative to a procedure that many dread — and promises to address disparities in who develops the disease. ... allowing patients to skip the discomfort of a Pap smear.

An alternative to the traditional Pap smear will be available in the United States starting this fall but Clark County’s major health care providers don’t have immediate plans to use the new test.