#SmearForSmear Campaign

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ffd966;">#SmearForSmear</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> The Smear for Smear campaign has been organised by Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust to mark the Cervical Cancer prevention. Jo's Cervical Cancer center is ensuring women will be reminded to get their annual Pap smear (The test was invented by and named after the prominent Greek doctor Georgios Papanikolaou).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; line-height: 26px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGaYrh_IlHXd3uWk1Ql82kxt8Vob5qLZM6QJulv6uLUCfvyHKND6RvbhoQUBi9bFEDbVovRqejzeBFVDoUz1llXl8j8VSymn-TY9MK9w7ScDCdhIR1V7MwSnc-KcVz6E72VPUKgjp9M0Vn/s1600/cervical-cancer-campaign.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGaYrh_IlHXd3uWk1Ql82kxt8Vob5qLZM6QJulv6uLUCfvyHKND6RvbhoQUBi9bFEDbVovRqejzeBFVDoUz1llXl8j8VSymn-TY9MK9w7ScDCdhIR1V7MwSnc-KcVz6E72VPUKgjp9M0Vn/s1600/cervical-cancer-campaign.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">(Source: www.medicaldaily.com)</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 26px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">What can we do to reduce our risk of the cervical cancer?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 26px;"> A well-proven way to prevent cervix cancer is to have testing (screening) to find pre-cancers before they can turn into invasive cancer. The Pap test (or Pap smear) and the human papillomavirus (HPV) test are used for this. If a pre-cancer is found it can be treated, stopping cervical cancer before it really starts. Most invasive cervical cancers are found in women who have not had regular Pap tests. (Source: </span><span style="line-height: 26px;">www.cancer.org)</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 26px;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #201f1e;"><span style="line-height: 26px;"><b>Don't neglect Pap smear, may save your life!</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #201f1e;"><span style="line-height: 26px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Help prevent cervical cancer by sharing your lipstick smear selfie</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGbJj24yGMg9wznPuKpQy4_QZklQRGOANUoeZ21OanR_Z_mfZc8OEV0i54lim2hOnrj8_CmgvrYINsOG-uEuzbUiVh5T-d_pIBHX7IVeusLqTLLy2m9uhLt8tVO9uGGRzlVWVIPkTNxeJk/s1600/IMG_20150218_012422.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGbJj24yGMg9wznPuKpQy4_QZklQRGOANUoeZ21OanR_Z_mfZc8OEV0i54lim2hOnrj8_CmgvrYINsOG-uEuzbUiVh5T-d_pIBHX7IVeusLqTLLy2m9uhLt8tVO9uGGRzlVWVIPkTNxeJk/s1600/IMG_20150218_012422.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(Picture by L.)</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #201f1e;"><span style="line-height: 26px;"> Το #SmearForSmear είναι μία καμπάνια που δημιουργήθηκε με σκοπό να σηματοδοτήσει την πρόληψη του καρκίνου του τραχήλου της μήτρας και να διασφαλίσει την ύπαρξη μιας υπενθύμισης προς όλες τις γυναίκες για το ετήσιο τεστ Παπ (Η εξέταση ανακαλύφθηκε και πήρε το όνομα της από τον Έλληνα γιατρό Γεώργιο Παπανικολάου).</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #201f1e;"><span style="line-height: 26px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #201f1e;"><span style="line-height: 26px;"> Τι μπορούμε να κάνουμε για να μειώσουμε τον κίνδυνο εμφάνισης του καρκίνου του τραχήλου της μήτρας;</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #201f1e;"><span style="line-height: 26px;"> Ένας πολύ καλά αποδεδειγμένος τρόπος πρόληψης του συγκεκριμένου καρκίνου είναι ο έλεγχος για προκαρκινικά κύτταρα πριν αυτά εξελιχθούν σε καρκίνο του τραχήλου. Αυτό επιτυγχάνεται με την εξέταση Παπανικολάου (τεστ Παπ). Αν εντοπιστούν προκαρκινικά κύτταρα εγκαίρως μπορούν να αφαιρεθούν και να σταματήσουν τον καρκίνο πριν καν εμφανιστεί πραγματικά. Ο κίνδυνος εμφάνισης του καρκίνου του τραχήλου της μήτρας (σύμφωνα με το: </span></span><span style="line-height: 26px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #201f1e;">www.glaxosmithkline.gr)</span></span><span style="color: #201f1e;"><span style="line-height: 26px;"> είναι 5 φορές μεγαλύτερος σε γυναίκες που δεν ελέγχονται τακτικά. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #201f1e;"><span style="line-height: 26px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #201f1e;"><span style="line-height: 26px;"><b>Μην αμελείτε το Τεστ Παπ, μπορεί να σας σώσει τη ζωή!</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #201f1e;"><span style="line-height: 26px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #201f1e;"><span style="line-height: 26px;">Thanks for reading,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #201f1e;"><span style="line-height: 26px;">love, L.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #201f1e;"><span style="line-height: 26px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #201f1e;"><span style="line-height: 26px;">P.s.<span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #201f1e;"><span style="line-height: 26px;"> <i>I admit that I'm not the usual follower of this type of social media campaigns, because I believe that in most cases they don't really contribute to the main cause. But in this case I think that this campaign can be a good reminder for prevention.</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #201f1e;"><span style="line-height: 26px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #201f1e;"><span style="line-height: 26px;">P.s.<span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i> I wanna thank my friend Vassia for the insta-nomination. </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">P.s.<span style="font-size: x-small;">3</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> <i>I nominate <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/120327295@N06/" target="_blank">Foteini Z.</a>  and Anastasia from <a href="http://the-howse-project.blogspot.gr/" target="_blank">The howse project</a></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div></div>

#SmearForSmear Campaign

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