1.   Smear tests detect precancerous cells and hence are essential to pinpoint the women who are at risk from developing the disease.

2.   But neither form of retinoic acid reduced the number of precancerous cells.

3.   Precancerous cells in my cervix were lasered away quickly and completely.

4.   The Food and Drug Administration has determined that Thin Prep can catch more precancerous cells than Pap smears can.

5.   In theory, at least, the crippled virus will enter these precancerous cells and kill them.

6.   The Pap smear is a simple test in which cervical cells are scraped off and checked for malignancies and for precancerous cell changes.

7.   The Pap smear is a simple test that can detect precancerous cell changes before they turn into cervical cancer.

8.   Under the new measure, women can request coverage every two years for Pap Smear tests, which help millions detect precancerous cervical cells in time to prevent cancer.