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Archive Home > 2013 > February > 14 > No more annual Pap for some

No more annual Pap for some

• Screening may be unnecessary for some low-risk healthy women

By Heidi Hagemeier / The Bulletin
February 14, 2013

For many women, getting a Pap smear is an annual health care ritual. Yet new recommendations say women with consistently normal test results don’t need a yearly screening for cervical cancer.

Last year, several medical organizations, including the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and the....

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