And Data made his in Oct 2007 before more powerful LED's were available.

Go visit the wonderful CandlepowerForums.com and look at this post in particular. http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=178130 7,000 L is not a big deal.

I just made a similar post, including those cases you mentioned above (notably residual CX tissue & HPV) as well as those women exposed to DES. It seems silly to not do a vaginal smear since the patient is 'in the stirrups' undergoing a bimanual exam and visual inspection with speculum. It's a diservice to then miss a potential vaginal cancer because you didn't want to get a swab and send for analysis to save a few bucks.

While the points are relevant for women undergoing pap smear who don't have a cervix/uterus, the second part of the smear procedure is to collect cell samples from the vaginal wall to screen for vaginal cancer. There are still women at elevated risks of vaginal cancer, due to their mothers using DES, having a HPV (papilloma virus - aka "venereal warts"), and if the bimanual exam does not reveal any palpable mass, a microscopic vaginal wall smear (normal part of a pap smear collection) can be a worthwhile screening. Is it cost effective in the scenario of no cervix? Depends if you are one of the women with vaginal cancer detected or not. http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/vaginal/patient/

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