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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2003 95(6):424-425; doi:10.1093/jnci/95.6.424
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 95, No. 6, 424-425, March 19, 2003
© 2003 Oxford University Press

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Guidelines Recommend Less Frequent Screening Interval for Cervical Cancer

Renee Twombly

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For decades, women have been told that they should visit their gynecologist every year for a test to screen for cancer of the cervix. And compliance has been associated with dramatic results—between 1955 and 1992, cervical cancer rates decreased 74%, largely as a result of increased use of the Pap smear. Today, cervical cancer is most often diagnosed in women who were never, or rarely, screened.

Now, in separate sets of guidelines recently issued by the American Cancer Society (ACS) and the U. S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), researchers are forcibly backing away from the notion that every woman needs an annual screening test. Both groups had previously . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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