Port Blair, April 28: TheA&N Islands Private Practicing Doctors Association (ANIPPDA) conducted free “pap smear test” for women for early detection of cervical cancer today at Astha Clinic with the assistance of Inner Wheel Club of Port Blair. Dr. Krishna Saha, Gynecologist, Dr. Radha Syamala, General Physician examined the patients.

Cervical cancer is the third most common cancer in women worldwide. Women at the highest risk of developing cervical cancer are those between the ages of 40 and 49; with regular testing and early diagnosis it can be easily prevented and stopped in its tracks before developing into uncontrollable cancer cells.

Early diagnosis and treatment dramatically increase the chances of successful treatment and survival, rather than detecting the illness later on when the cancer has increased in size and may have metastasized to other parts of the body this is very promising in the usefulness of the “Pap smear test” as a diagnostic tool that can save lives. The test result of the patients who attended the camp will be intimated to them at the earliest possible said Dr. Ritika Gupta, Pathologist.

Among the others present on the occasion were Dr Rohindra Lal, President, Dr. Dinesh, General Secretary, ANIPPDA and Mrs.Komal Anand, General Secretary of Inner wheel club.