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PAPANICOLAOU, George Nicholas (1883 – 1962)

1883 – 1962

3 entries in the GMN corpus.

1917 CE

#1182

The existence of a typical oestrus cycle in the guinea-pig; with a study of its histological and physiological changes.

The vaginal smear test for estrus; it demonstrates the histological changes occurring in the vagina during the menstrual cycle.

1941 CE

#6135

The diagnostic value of vaginal smears in carcinoma of the uterus.

The first cytopathology test, smear diagnosis of carcinoma of the cervix: the "Pap" test. Papanicolaou first reported in 1928 that he could recognize cancer cells (Proc. Third Race Betterment Conf., p. 528) but the im…

1943 CE

#13597

Diagnosis of uterine cancer by the vaginal smear.

"In 1943, after a three-year period of concentrated collaborative experience with the vaginal smear for the diagnosis of gynecologic cancer, Papanicolaou and Traut published their widely heralded monograph, Diagnosis …