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Does pap smear show ovarian cancer? nurse said yes but all i've read says no?

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Dr. Pamela Svendsen answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

No: Pap smears test for abnormalities of the cervix not the ovaries.

Answered 8/25/2015

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