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The love story behind the smear test
Dr George Papanicolaou was the inventor of the 鈥楶ap smear鈥� test which can detect early cancerous cells in the cervix and has saved millions of women鈥檚 lives.
But it took a long time for the medical community to accept his research.
Dr Pap was helped by his wife who, as well as providing emotional support, took a smear test every day for 20 years to provide him with more evidence.
Witness History spoke to the couple鈥檚 great niece, Olga Stamatiou.
