This article was medically reviewed by Lauren Demosthenes, MD, OB-GYN, senior medical director at Babyscripts. A Pap smear is a procedure that screens for cervical cancer by testing cells for any ...

“It's called a Pap smear, because you would literally take your spatula, scrape it across the cervix, and then smear that ...

Kirtly Jones, MD, and Katie Ward, DNP, examine the physical domain of Pap smears—from the test’s evolution and its role in detecting precancerous changes to what happens during the procedure. They ...