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San Francisco doctors want Pap test for gay men
San Francisco Chronicle ^
| April 21, 2007
| Erin Allday
Posted on 04/21/2007 2:31:00 PM PDT by Zakeet
Bay Area doctors are leading a campaign to bring gay men into their offices for a basic exam that women have been enduring for decades -- the Pap test.
The goal is to push back rising rates of anal cancer, a preventable disease that has increased 37 percent in the United States since a decade ago, when the total number of cancer cases increased only 1 percent.
Anal Pap smears would help doctors spot precancerous lesions and wipe them out before they have a chance to turn malignant, say supporters of widespread use of the exam among gay men. But nationwide, doctors have been reluctant to embrace the screening test, partly because there is disagreement over whether it's effective or even necessary.
Dr. Joel Palefsky, director of the Anal Neoplasia Clinic at UCSF, encourages anal Pap tests for gay men and other groups at high risk of developing anal cancer.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: aids; cancer; cultureofdeath; disgusting; gay; homosexualagenda; johnedwards; papsmears; sanfranciscovalues
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posted on
04/21/2007 2:31:03 PM PDT
by
Zakeet
To: Zakeet
I have a gay friend who’s been talking about this for years. I always thought that he was just being paranoid.
2
posted on
04/21/2007 2:33:01 PM PDT
by
Zeroisanumber
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
To: Zakeet
You win. I almost finished reading it. Most disgusting post of the day.
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posted on
04/21/2007 2:33:41 PM PDT
by
kinoxi
To: Zakeet
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posted on
04/21/2007 2:34:26 PM PDT
by
Ken522
To: Zakeet
They have a new name for this type of test .... POOP Smear.
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posted on
04/21/2007 2:38:26 PM PDT
by
Centurion2000
(Killing all of your enemies without mercy is the only sure way of sleeping soundly at night.)
To: Zakeet
I love how the author of this article is named Erin Allday. :)
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posted on
04/21/2007 2:38:27 PM PDT
by
GOP_Raider
(FReepmail me to join the all new Idaho Ping List.)
To: Zakeet
What would you like to be when you grow up Johnny?
Little Johnny says; I want to be JUST like this man: Dr. Joel Palefsky, director of the Anal Neoplasia Clinic at UCSF
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posted on
04/21/2007 2:39:30 PM PDT
by
Balding_Eagle
(If America falls, darkness will cover the face of the earth for a thousand years.)
To: Zeroisanumber
That’s why “Queer” is a more appropriate name than “Gay” -—
Because it’s definitely Queer to use the exhaust pipe for anything other than, well, exhausting!
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posted on
04/21/2007 2:40:23 PM PDT
by
TRY ONE
(NUKE the unborn gay whales!)
To: Zakeet
Anal Pap smears would help doctors spot precancerous lesions and wipe them out...Ewwwwwwww!
9
posted on
04/21/2007 2:42:02 PM PDT
by
Onelifetogive
(Liberals are willing to sacrifice any amount of someone else's money to increase their own power...)
To: Centurion2000
They have a new name for this type of test .... POOP Smear. I was going to go with 'Crap Smear'
10
posted on
04/21/2007 2:42:39 PM PDT
by
null and void
(To Marines, male bonding happens in Boot Camp, to Democrats, it happens at a Gay Pride parade...)
To: Zakeet
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posted on
04/21/2007 2:43:18 PM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
To: Zakeet
Gives a whole new meaning to “Smear the Queer.”
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posted on
04/21/2007 2:44:02 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(The University of Florida - Still Championship U)
To: Balding_Eagle
Well at least the Sheets and Towels guy in a Juarez brothel has somebody to look down on :^)
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posted on
04/21/2007 2:44:49 PM PDT
by
investigateworld
(Abortion stops a beating heart)
To: Zakeet
I think that would be called a ‘poop test’.
14
posted on
04/21/2007 2:45:04 PM PDT
by
dc-zoo
To: Zakeet; All
LOL at FReepers’ replies! You guys are good!
15
posted on
04/21/2007 2:46:50 PM PDT
by
Theresawithanh
(Surrender Harry Reid, D-Al Quaeda)
To: Theresawithanh
We try. Thanks for the plug...
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posted on
04/21/2007 2:48:11 PM PDT
by
null and void
(To Marines, male bonding happens in Boot Camp, to Democrats, it happens at a Gay Pride parade...)
To: Zakeet
They’re not going to gynecologists now, are they?
Bad enough a woman’s gotta put up with crushing mammograms, pelvic exams, and Pap smears...now we have to share gynecologists’ waiting rooms with the FABULOUS crowd...
To: Zakeet
turd burglers and bone smugglers need gynocologists too.(vomit)
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posted on
04/21/2007 2:50:40 PM PDT
by
Vaquero
(" an armed society is a polite society" Heinlein "MOLON LABE!" Leonidas of Sparta)
To: dc-zoo
Sunni or later Shiite happens
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posted on
04/21/2007 2:51:25 PM PDT
by
spokeshave
("Hitlery is uniting the country. Everybody hates her.")
To: Zakeet
I will double the highest Freeper pledge if we can have no pictures please.
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posted on
04/21/2007 2:51:31 PM PDT
by
Mr. Brightside
(Rudy is Hillary Clinton in a dress)
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