Women Who Are Not Getting Cervical Screening

With the advent of the Papanicolaou (Pap) test, the incidence of cervical cancer has dropped markedly. But 1 subgroup of women—lesbians—are not getting screened as much. Intervention techniques that are successful among heterosexual women may not be appropriate, suggest researchers from the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, but one thing that could help is fostering a comfortable atmosphere for the patient to share personal information.