On the date she chooses, an e-mail will be sent reminding her to call her doctor or other health care provider and schedule an appointment. Annual Pap smears are critical in the prevention of cervical cancer. Many women are so busy with their careers and families, they don t take time for their own health - including receiving a Pap smear each year. It s our goal to register at least four thousand women this year so that they will remember and schedule this important annual screening. Pathologists, doctors who care for patients through laboratory medicine, know that having an annual Pap test is one of the most important things a woman can do to help prevent cervical cancer.
Pap smears can detect abnormalities before they develop into cancer.
In fact, pathologists recommend that every woman who is over the age of 18 or who is sexually active should have a Pap test every year. The official launch of the site is May 13, the birthday of Dr. George Papanicolaou, the physician who developed the Pap smear in the 1940s. Since it came into common usage after World War II, the Pap smear has reduced cervical cancer deaths in the U.S. by 70 percent, making it the most effective cancer screening tool known to medicine. The Pap smear reminder site is very brief and easy to use - devoted exclusively to providing women with a fast reminder resource. The system is driven by the popular ColdFusion database, which weaves together relational databases and Web pages.