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Posted on Jun 01, 2005, 10 a.m.
By Bill Freeman
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- The Pap test for cervical cancer has become a routine part of most women's annual checkups. But new guidelines issued by the American Cancer Society suggest that certain groups of women can safely forgo it: Women aged 70 or older who have had three or more normal Pap tests in a row and no abnormal Pap test results in the last 10 years may choose to stop having cervical cancer screening. Women with a history of cervical cancer, DES exposure before birth, HIV infect
The Pap test for cervical cancer has become a routine part of most women's annual checkups. But new guidelines issued by the American Cancer Society suggest that certain groups of women can safely forgo it:
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