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 …