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Do all women need pap tests?
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All with uterus need: The pap test is a screen for cancer cells on the uterine cervix. This can detect very early pre-cancerous lesions. Unless a woman has had a hysterectomy, which means there is no longer a cervix, an annual pap smear can be life saving.
Answered 8/27/2011
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If you have a cervix: A pap test looks for cervical cancer. If you had a full hysterectomy, it means you don't have a cervix and therefore can't get cervical cancer and you don't need a pap test. If you have a cervix, you need a pap.
Answered 11/25/2013
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A woman who had a Pap test every 5 years from the age of 30 found abnormal cells in her cervix at the age of 35.Is it enough to treat those cells and have a pap test every 5 years?(eg-Age 40,45,50,55,60,65?
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