Cervical cancer is typically diagnosed through a pap smear. A pap smear is the primary screening test for cervical cancer. It can also be diagnosed by an OB-Gyn through a physical examination. Pap smears are typically read by large laboratories who utilize cytotechnologists, who are not medical doctors, to screen pap smears. The screening of the pap smears is the subject of extensive federal regulation. Because cytotechnologists at large laboratories review large numbers of pathology slides and they are not medical doctors, there is a fairly large incidence of error in reading pap smears. This can allow the cancer to progress from a stage where it can be treated by a cone biopsy or by surgery such as a hysterectomy, to a later stage that requires extensive radiation and chemotherapy which can lead to serious and permanent health conditions such as radiation cystitis, radiation proctitis, and death, radiation-induced gastrointestinal reflux disease, etc. In addition, because cervical cancer is a slow-moving cancer, many times in the later stages, cervical cancer is evident during a physical examination by an OB-Gyn. The failure to timely diagnose cervical cancer can even lead to death.

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