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Development of the Pap Smear to diagnose cervical cancer

Institution:

Weill Cornell Medicine

Researchers:

George Papanicolaou, MD, associate professor of clinical anatomy 1940-1947, professor of clinical anatomy from 1947-1951 at Weill Cornell Medicine

Impact:

When the Pap Smear was first introduced in the 1940s, cervical cancer was the number one killer of women. Now a standard cancer screening test for all women, the Pap Smear has greatly reduced the death rate for cervical cancer patients worldwide.

Timeline:

1940s

Topics

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Schools

Albany Medical CollegeAlbert Einstein College of MedicineCity University of New York School of MedicineColumbia University College Of Physicians and SurgeonsHofstra Northwell School of Medicine at Hofstra UniversityIcahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiJacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, the University at BuffaloNew York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic MedicineNew York Medical CollegeNew York University School of MedicineSchool of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Rochester Medical CenterStony Brook University School of MedicineSUNY Downstate Medical CenterSUNY Upstate Medical UniversityTouro College of Osteopathic MedicineWeill Cornell MedicineWeill Cornell Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian