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Not All Docs Agree With Pap Smear Recommendations

Source: AP

Two days after a controversial change in mammogram guidelines, there's another suggestion for women to reduce cancer screenings. This time, it's pap smears, which detect cervical cancers. It's part of a yearly exam with a gynecologist, and it detects infections, abnormal cervical cells, and even cervical dangers. Now new guidelines advise that women can delay having their first pap test and many more can wait longer to go back for follow-up screenings.

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