Oncology & Cancer
Too many Pap tests
Most Australian women are currently having more Pap smears than their health requires, according to new research led by a University of New South Wales academic.
Jul 26, 2013
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News tagged with pap test
Oncology & Cancer
Study: Nearly 4 out of 10 lesbians not routinely screened for cervical cancer
Nearly 38 percent of lesbians polled in a national survey were not routinely screened for cervical cancer, putting them at risk of developing a highly preventable cancer, according to a University of Maryland School of Medicine ...
Oct 17, 2012
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Oncology & Cancer
One in four colonoscopies in Medicare patients found to be potentially inappropriate
Colonoscopy is one of the most effective cancer screening procedures available. Colon cancer grows very slowly and can be treated if caught early through screening. But, perhaps because of this success, older Americans are ...
Mar 13, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Cervical cancer screening overused in some groups of women
For the past ten years, clinicians throughout the United States have been performing unnecessary Pap tests for cervical cancer screening in certain groups of women, according to a researcher from Huntsman Cancer Institute ...
Nov 25, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Younger women start to follow pap test guidelines: CDC
(HealthDay)—More young women are following recently revised U.S. guidelines for getting Pap tests—the standard screening for cervical cancer—but many women who have had a total hysterectomy still get the tests unnecessarily, ...
Jan 3, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Doctors too pap-happy, survey suggests
(HealthDay)—Most primary care physicians advise women to get "Pap" tests for cervical cancer screening more often than clinical guidelines recommend, new research reveals.
Apr 8, 2013
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Could the Pap smear be ousted by HPV testing?
A Pleasanton firm that received FDA approval for a test against cervical cancer said it has gained the support of a panel of medical experts to use the test as a frontline screening for women as young as 25, but the announcement ...
Jan 19, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
More women need to be screened for cervical cancer
Up to 30 per cent of Canadian women are not being regularly screened for cervical cancer, and the lapse is resulting in unnecessary cases of cervical cancer every year, say University of Alberta obstetrics and gynecology ...
Oct 17, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
One in 10 US women miss cervical cancer screenings
Eight million US women have not been screened in the last five years for cervical cancer, even though regular checkups can help prevent the fatal disease, US health authorities said Wednesday.
Nov 5, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Physicians slow to implement HPV vaccination and cervical cancer screening guidelines
Recent breakthroughs in cervical cancer prevention have resulted in new vaccination and cervical cancer screening guidelines. Recommendations do not always translate into practice, however. Less than one third of obstetrician-gynecologists ...
Jul 9, 2013
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