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PAP Smear Screening: This Foolish Cancer "Prevention" May Only Extend Your Life by 2.8 Days

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  • The recommendation for PAP smears, which screen for cervical cancer typically associated with human papillomavirus (HPV), has always been to have them done annually, but new guidelines have reduced this to once every three years

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