Georgios Papanicolaou, the doctor who has been a pioneer in the prevention of uterine cancer – 05/13/2019

Georgios N. Papanicolaou, the famous Greek doctor for developing the Papanicolaou test which meant a before and after in the diagnosis of cervical cancer, was honored on Monday by Google for the 136th anniversary of his birth.

Papanicolaou, born May 13, 1883 on the island of Euboea, in Greece, He was a pioneer in cytology and early detection of cancer.

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He studied at the University of Athens, where he received his medical degree in 1904. Six years later, he obtained his doctorate at the University of Munich, Germany, after attending the universities of Jena and Freiburg.

En 1913 he emigrates to the United States working in the pathology department of the New York Hospital and in the anatomy department of Cornell Medical College of Cornell University.

First reported that uterine cancer could be diagnosed by a Pap smear in 1928, but the importance of his work was only recognized when published with Herbert Frederick Traut du livre Diagnosis of uterine badl cancer in 1943.

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The book badyzes the preparation of badl and cervical smears, physiological cytological changes during the menstrual cycle, the effects of various pathologies and changes seen at the cervix and endometrium of the uterus.

This is how his Pap test has become known worldwide for detecting early cervical cancer and other cytological diseases of the female reproductive system.

Papanicolaou was awarded the Albert Lasker Prize for Clinical Medical Research in 1950. In 1961, he moved to Miami, Florida, to develop the Papanicolaou Cancer Research Institute at the University of Miami. he died there on February 19, 1962 before it opens.